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[–] SeattleRain@lemmy.world 29 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Honestly even if Microsoft were trustworthy this is too much power for anyone. I actually like the recall feature but it would require a fully open source code to trust.

[–] Spotlight7573@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I feel like even if it was open-source, it would still be too big of a target for malware and data exfiltration to ever be justified for most people.

[–] Lostbuddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's a national security risk https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/06/05/totalrecall-windows-recall-abuse/)

"During testing this with an off the shelf infostealer, I used Microsoft Defender for Endpoint — which detected the off the shelve infostealer — but by the time the automated remediation kicked in (which took over ten minutes) my Recall data was already long gone.”

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 10 points 5 months ago

Even with a fully open-source implementation, that thing tells on you more than normal system logs. I like it being called "privacy bomb" - waiting to give extra data to whoever gets into the computer.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 5 points 5 months ago

this is too much power for anyone

Unfortunately by the time a service does this they've already got you by the balls and they know it. This is essentially Microsoft telling the world "what are you gonna do, not use Windows?" Because for most of the world that's not really an option.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

Trustworthy Microsoft is an oxymoron