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Windows feature that screenshots everything labeled a security “disaster” (www.theverge.com)

submitted 5 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Cornpop@lemmy.world 40 points 5 months ago (9 children)

Who even wants this? What good is it? I see no use case.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 20 points 5 months ago

Microsoft is talking control over its ecosystem. Will it police your os for piracy? Look at what you do so it can sell you products? The use case is infinite once they have the data

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There's a lot of negatives such that I certainly would never want it, but the ability to search everything I've ever looked at would be handy.

[–] gnuplusmatt@reddthat.com 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

the idea is good, but the reality is it gives anyone the ability to search everything you've ever looked at. If the data exists it can be exploited. for ill or profit

[–] meliaesc@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I really don't need a screenshot of my bank login or account numbers in the cloud 🤷🏽‍♀️ it's a cool concept in theory, I'll give it that, but reality is harsh.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 months ago

To clarify, it's not stored in the cloud in this iteration... although storing it even locally is a risk.

[–] onion@feddit.de 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

People keep years worth of browser history, until finding something in there becomes harder than searching the web. I see no use for that either, but everyone I've asked insisted they need it. They couldn't really spell out why either

[–] Syrc@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

For me it’s nostalgia and being a sucker for statistics, mostly.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Same. I think it's neat. But not "Yeah I trust you Microsoft" neat.

[–] FuryMaker@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Audit trail in a corporate environment maybe. Assuming non-Microsoft admins have access to that data, it could be a benefit.

Can't imagine the risk it introduces though.

And resource usage overhead.

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I love the idea of exo brain/second brain where AI helps me keep track of all of my stuff and recall stuff.

But I want to extend myswlf not assimilate to the Microsoft Borg collective lol

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Smart phones pretty much already fulfill this role.

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Close for sure. Connectivity and being persistent storage of info/experience tho7gh notes and pictures, but the retrieval is lack luster and there doesn't tend to do a lot of knowledge creation on that info on its own.

[–] bamfic@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

investors. c.f. enshittification

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I would 100% use this. I have ADHD and having the ability to recall something I did days or even weeks ago and query things I did in the past is amazing.

"Hey, I messed up my home assistant automation and can't remember what my old automation was that was working. Can you find it?"

"I had a meeting a month ago with my boss Collen and he showed me a deck about this or that data point. Bring that power point deck up".

The use cases are endless. This is literally a game changer.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

yes, but it should be opt-in not opt-out. It should not exist in my os unless I install it myself.

I could apply this line to so many things microsoft put into windows since xp.

[–] fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Do you think that someone who needs this feature would remember to turn it on? /s

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

There is an opt out option. You even get 50gb of space back when you do. You can even set which apps can or can't be part of the recall program. You can delete all the data like how you would delete browser history.

I think the main thing is that you're in control of the data.

[–] Cuntessera@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I also have ADHD and would benefit from it just like you said, however, I wouldn’t trust Microsoft with anything related to privacy & security based on their track record. This is going to be the last piece in a huge puzzle that makes me switch to macOS confidently.

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Very fair.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

i can't wait to show it my nuts

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"Sorry, Microsoft cannot recall your nuts. We haven't developed the technology to zoom in to that level of details."

Sorry for that. It was just too easy to pass up.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

thank you Steven

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

If it was local only, and more security focused I would 100%.

My ADHD. brain needs an AI assistant.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Great for mining data to use in the next iteration of ChatGPT