For months now, Microsoft has been immersed in implementing Windows Recall. In essence, it is a tool that uses artificial intelligence to give you the opportunity to recover what you were doing on your PCbut it does so in the most intrusive way possible: taking screenshots of everything you do. For this reason, after several months of work, Microsoft has not yet found the key and The premiere of this feature is still surrounded by controversy. And, according to the latest information, it seems that Windows Recall has once again put Microsoft at a crossroads.
As pointed out TechSpotthe Recall feature takes screenshots of the desktop every few seconds, and then processes and stores information using an advanced language model. However, although it includes a filter to avoid capturing private data, it does not work correctly and exposes sensitive data. Therefore, Recall would be capturing them unnecessarily and, therefore, it is posing significant risks for both the security and privacy of users. And, according to some affected people, Recall captures credentials, banking information and other private details.
Yes it protects you in online stores
Recall apparently saves screenshots with private data while users fill out payment forms or, for example, they interact with documents that contained sensitive information. However, it is efficient in web storesas the tool works properly and takes screenshots both before and after complete payment formsbut does not perform it while data is being entered.
Unfortunately, the possibility of these screenshots being used to train AI models It is alarming and unnecessary. Furthermore, the function is enabled by default and, therefore, users themselves must deactivate it manually if you want to protect your privacy. Microsoft, for its part, says that Recall meets privacy standards and is being improved, but urges users to report existing problems to improve. And in the meantime, experts recommend deactivate the function immediately to avoid risks of exposure of personal information.
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