Microsoft’s Recall feature uses AI to capture and store user data. While it can be useful, it also poses a significant privacy risk. Here's what AdGuard is doing about it.
  • absquatulate@lemmy.worldEnglish
    60·
    29 days ago

    Of course it is. It’s invasive by design. The “recent tweaks” were because of backlash, but now that’s died down

  • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
    37·
    29 days ago

    Um, the core feature is privacy invasion. It does what it says on the tin.

    It’s fine if some people want that functionality, as long as it’s not enabled by default.

  • Cyrus Draegur@lemmy.zipEnglish
    12·
    29 days ago

    Part of why i knew so-called “digital rights management” was fucking bullshit was because very little software ever came out that empowered me to manage MY OWN rights in the digital space.

    I need there to be FOSS applications that allow me to root-level BLOCK applications from perceiving what I’m doing, to just fucking SANDBOX ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING BY DEFAULT and let me whitelist what specific things are allowed to directly access the hardware.

    Sadly I am not as tech savvy as I used to think I was. I might’ve been technologically clever twenty years ago but I hadn’t managed to keep up… I think what I’ve described might be referred to as a “hypervisor”? And I’m told it’s an overbearing, clumsy, heavy-handed overkill measure that would be difficult to implement and make everything a pain in the ass to do. So … shit, man, I dunno… i’m just so damn tired of my hardware being bossed around by people I didn’t authorize.

    • Quazatron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      29 days ago

      Maybe it’s time you invested some time in finding alternatives that let you stay in control of said hardware. I know time is in short supply for all of us, so consider your priorities.

  • JigglySackles@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    29 days ago

    I’ve disabled windows update completely so I can pick and manually dl updates. Never going to put that recall shit on my pc.

    • AlecSadler@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      29 days ago

      How’d you do that? I’ve made registry tweaks, group policy tweaks, etc and my windows machine still eventually hits a limit where it forces updates around the 12 week mark. Granted it’s still longer than before, it isn’t completely disabled.

      • JigglySackles@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        29 days ago

        It was a combination of things between policies and taking over folder and file permissions. I can look up the specifics I used if you are looking to replicate it. It’s a bitch to undo unless you write down everything you change.

    • PushButton@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      28 days ago

      I’ve disabled Windows completely so I can be safe and sound. Never going to put that shit on my PC.

      – sorry, it seemed funnier in my head.

  • Angular@lemmy.mlEnglish
    101·
    28 days ago

    What I don’t understand, is what I would need and use it for? Never in my life I thought “damn if only I had a screen recording of everything I did 1 week, 1 month or 1 year ago”. Like I don’t get the use case, ignoring anything else. There is no use case.

    I can view my terminal history and my recently accessed files. I have version control with git where I want and need it.

    There is no use case.