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Microsoft’s new Recall feature for Copilot+PCs criticized as ‘spyware’

A number of users on X immediately greeted the feature and demos of it with alarm. Some even equated it to spyware or keyloggers.

This week, Microsoft is hosting its annual developer conference Build from the Seattle Convention Center, and amid the flurry of AI-related announcements from the valuable software company, one has struck a false note among many tech industry followers on X (formerly Twitter). Join us as we return to NYC on June 5th to engage with top executive leaders, delving into strategies for auditing AI models to ensure fairness, optimal performance, and ethical compliance across diverse organizations. Others recalled how Microsoft itself, as the largest software company in the world by sheer number of devices running variants of Windows and Office, has already been subject to many hacks and cyber attacks, making this kind of on-device activity storage a potentially enticing target for hackers.

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