Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 users will not be able to uninstall the controversial “Recall” feature, despite earlier reports suggesting otherwise. Recall, part of the Copilot+ suite announced in May, automatically captures screenshots of user activity on the operating system including sensitive information such as passwords or financial data https://digitalmarketreports.com/news/25091/microsoft-recall-feature-on-windows-11-not-removable-after-all/ Do yourself a favor and get rid of Windows from your life—enough of these greedy companies. #privacy #security
- Big Ben ( @BmeBenji@mstdn.social ) 2•17 days ago
@nixCraft@mastodon.social 2024/2025 will be known as “The Great Defenestration” in the computing world
#Windows #Windows11 #Microsoft #Recall #Copilot
- Yuki Linux ( @eliteamdgamer@mastodon.social ) 2•16 days ago
@nixCraft@mastodon.social I feel this is something that should be on the news for those who arn’t technical and on all there social media in the true dystopian light it deserves.
- ReversalHatchery ( @ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org ) English2•16 days ago
together in a summary with all other similar shitty changes, because I bet must don’t know about any of them
- Kierkegaanks regretfully ( @Kierkegaanks@beige.party ) 2•17 days ago
@nixCraft@mastodon.social obviously nobody with relevant insight is in control at the windows division of microsoft
- BrianKrebs ( @briankrebs@infosec.exchange ) 2•17 days ago
@nixCraft@mastodon.social I found this part to be illuminating:
“Earlier reports by Deskmodder indicated that the latest Windows 11 update (24H2) might allow users to uninstall Recall entirely. However, Microsoft clarified to The Verge that this uninstall option was a bug.”
You see, it’s a feature, not a bug. But this feature turns Windows into a bug. So…
- Th3Sh@d0w ( @randomxusr@infosec.exchange ) 1•17 days ago
@briankrebs@infosec.exchange @nixCraft@mastodon.social
Do you all get the feeling that the uninstall options was there for Devs?
And someone forgot to remove it from their project till it shipped?
- Scooter 🇺🇦 🇳🇿 ( @Doppelganger75@mastodon.world ) 1•17 days ago
@nixCraft@mastodon.social Recall is part of Copilot, which you can disable.
- Cosvak ( @cosvak@mastodon.world ) 1•17 days ago
@nixCraft@mastodon.social I guess I’ll wait for a “custom” version of 11 to hit the torrents.
@nixCraft@mastodon.social Alternatives to
Microsoft
that wont spy on you:- Newk ( @Newk@infosec.exchange ) 1•17 days ago
@nixCraft@mastodon.social
You know what I can uninstall on my machine? Everything.
#linuxmasterrace
- Alostkender ( @alostkender@infosec.exchange ) 1•17 days ago
@nixCraft@mastodon.social Welp, time to make myself do the full swap to Ubuntu. Just gotta make sure Citrix works.
- Marion 🌈 ( @Lipidolith@mastodon.social ) 1•17 days ago
@nixCraft@mastodon.social
remove windows
install Linux
recall removed
😉🙃 @nixCraft@mastodon.social yeah this is horrible anti-privacy stuff and I am about ready to finally ditch Windows.
- Irregularjoe ( @irregularjoe@mastodon.social ) 1•17 days ago
@nixCraft@mastodon.social I’ll never install Windows 11.
- Rajat ( @rxx256@mastodon.social ) 1•17 days ago
@nixCraft@mastodon.social As always, switch to Linux
- tanavit ( @tanavit@toot.aquilenet.fr ) 1•17 days ago
@nixCraft@mastodon.social
That is “making profit”. By any mean.
- Monsieur_Lepetit ( @Monsieur_Lepetit@toot.community ) 1•16 days ago
@nixCraft@mastodon.social reading this is making me mad, cos now I have to learn how to unix.
The “right, that does it” point is reached