Microsoft is gradually rolling out the AI-powered Windows Recall feature to Insiders in the Release Preview channel before making it generally available to all Windows users with Copilot+ PCs.
Recall is an opt-in Windows feature that screenshots active windows every few seconds, analyzes them, and allows Windows 11 users to search text within the snapshots using natural language.
As the Windows Insider Program Team said on Thursday, Recall can be paused whenever needed and will only allow access to the data it captures after authenticating via Windows Hello.
I love how no matter how much the market makes it explicitly clear that an idea is absolutely terrible, Microsoft will just be like, “we’re doing it anyway, fuck you.” The best argument for Linux is just to gesture vaguely at Windows.
Hey gamers: try bazzite Linux and you won’t ever have to worry about this. Try bringing one old machine over as a test and you’ll see for yourself.
I got it running in an afternoon recently. It reads all your windows docs off an external backup. The desktop version really can be a daily driver. The update script is a single click. Genuinely worth considering if you want at least some of your computer usage to not be recorded 24/7.
Imagine paying for a surveillance machine that takes pictures and records everything you do ready to regurgitate it to anyone who asks. The fact that anyone sees this as anything other than dystopian is a bridge to far for me.
Exciting to see Microsoft moving into the final testing phase for Windows Recall! It’s always interesting (and a bit nerve-wracking) when new system-level features roll out. Hoping this improves productivity without compromising privacy. As someone who uses apps like Quicken regularly, I’m curious how this will affect compatibility and background performance fingers crossed for a smooth transition!
Nice try Microsoft
My system won’t update for some reason despite all my efforts. Maybe this is not such a bad thing…
Yes, subject us to your garbage, Microsoft
Is now, always has been, and always will be a bad idea, a security nightmare, and of benefit only to M$ and its so-called “AI” offerings…
Should be permanently disabled on all systems, particularly on corporate systems.
🙄 🤡
‘opt in’
Yeeeaa i don’t believe that for one damned minute.
Of course it is opt in. Why would it not be? Microsoft have opted in automatically on your behalf. Soon you will only be able to opt in, for your convenience, as too many people were accidentally opting out. /s
The more users on Linux, the more commercial software will target it. Can already get Davinci Resolve and Autodesk Maya. Drive traffic to see more
Does it have Linux Recall yet?
Windows has had that for a decade.
Yeah I had to google ‘system restore point but for Linux’ haha
Not yet, not enough traffic has been driven. Hang in there.
As much as everyone seems to hate Recall, I really appreciate it. It was the final push I needed to go to Linux full time. Have been on Linux for 6 months now and can’t imagine going back to windows.
It was one of the reasons I switched. That and my favorite mod manager is working on a Linux native version. It’s not done yet, but it’s good to play other games from time to time.
Valheim is pretty brutal, but also highly moddable.
Not on my shit they’re not.
I opt-out.
From Windows
Good thing I don’t use Windows Hello on my machine.
