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Microsoft Recall takes constant screenshots of everything you do (www.osnews.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Alphane_Moon@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Yes. If it was an opt-in feature and we knew beyond all doubt that it was stored locally-only, and for the user only, it could be a useful feature for some folks. Unfortunately, Microsoft has a long history of doing stupid and/or evil shit 'for' the user, with the attitude of 'Clippy knows best'.