Posted on 05/31/2025 7:23:05 AM PDT by Openurmind
The initial announcement of the AI feature Recall for Windows caused quite an uproar in the security community. Microsoft's idea was to introduce an AI tool in Windows that would take a snapshot of the desktop every five seconds, analyze what it displayed to allow the user to interact with the AI about it.
Problem was, in its hurry to get the AI feature out in the open, Microsoft forgot security. It turned out, that Recall was set to run by default, that the database that Recall used was not all that well protected. Additionally, despite Microsoft reassuring that Recall would not capture sensitive data, it turned out that it did (and still does).
Third-party developers of security software have started to introduce anti-screenshot functionality into their apps. The latest to introduce such a feature are the developers of VeraCrypt, an open source encryption software.
VeraCrypt 1.26.24, released on May 30th, 2025, introduces several changes and improvements. One of them is the new protection against screenshots and screen recordings on Windows.
(Excerpt) Read more at ghacks.net ...
https://www.ghacks.net/2024/12/13/the-revised-recall-on-windows-11-is-still-recording-information-that-it-should-not/
I’m pretty sure Recall doesn’t work on Window’s 7.
However, a couple of days ago, I wanted to get a few numbers off of a spreadsheet I’d never saved and which I’d deleted a few days ago. Microsoft was happy to call up the Excel, got my numbers off of it. Saved me a few minutes of work. So it does have its uses.
I do not like the idea someone is recording what I do.
That info can and will be used against you by the democrats.
Microsoft is not doing this out of concern of you locating some information on your pc. We already have a search function. They are selling YOU. The gov’t people can always get one of those secret FISA warrants to get the info on your pc.
Maybe you wrote that post at Free Republic or just kept articles on your pc against the “elites”. You could be locked up in jail as they do in England and or find your back account frozen or denied a loan etc and never know it was “Recall” that was the start of it.
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