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New Windows AI feature takes screenshots of your desktop 'every few seconds' and I can't imagine wanting that


Recall, a feature in its preview phase, records almost everything you do on your PC so you can scroll back through it.

It constantly captures images of your desktop to create a browsable and searchable record of (almost) everything you've done on your PC, the size of which is limited only by the drive space you allot to the feature. Microsoft clearly predicted that the feature would raise red flags, and reassures prospective users that this isn't a ploy to get them to opt in to total surveillance. In this slowly heating pot we're all in, it's possible I'll gradually forget that I ever objected to the idea of adding a comprehensive self-surveillance device to the list of things watching me.

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