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Microsoft’s Recall feature is still threat to privacy despite recent tweaks (adguard.com)
submitted 5 days ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] PirateFrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 76 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

The worst thing about it is, even if you switch to Linux for privacy yourself, you'll also need your friends to switch as well, otherwise if you message them on their desktop, they're a liability, as the damn recall will be there too, leaking your data.

It'll be hell for activists.

[–] Blemgo@lemmy.world 48 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Funnily enough, Signal has circumvented the issue by marking their chat window as DRM content, making it invisible to Recall.

[–] Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 days ago

They used the invasion of privacy to destroy the invasion of privacy?

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 points 4 days ago

They didn’t circumvent the issue - they did what Microsoft tell developers to do in regards to their programs and recall lol.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The same has been true of email for years, but less bad. Activists will need to be even more careful in who they trust.

[–] RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

In what sense?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago
  • if you send plaintext, their email service could spy on them
  • once they decrypt, they could accidentally reply with the decryped text, or it could get backed up if they store a copy somewhere
  • screen readers could store decrypted email

In general, if you don't trust the receiver, you shouldn't send sensitive information. Windows Recall doesn't change that, if they're competent, Windows Recall won't be enabled.

I think this is more an issue for less technical users instead of activists, because activists will be more careful about who they trust than a secretary or something for a powerful individual.