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Windows Recall sounds like a privacy nightmare


Screenshotting everything you do and feeding it into an AI model could be a recipe for disaster

It's designed to let you go back in time on your computer by "taking images of your active screen every few seconds" and analyzing them with AI, according to Microsoft's Recall FAQs. However, unlike Timeline, Recall doesn't just restore a version of your desktop files, it uses AI to take you back to that moment, even opening relevant apps. Make an individual profile on your PC: this will prevent people from having shared access to your Recall data as long as you follow my next tip.

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