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by simonw 426 days ago
You mean Microsoft Recall? That never sent screenshots anywhere.
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nottorp 426 days ago
How do you know? It's closed source. And they're in an "AI" race where every competitor ignores IP law and privacy.
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simonw 426 days ago
How it worked was well documented last year.

It was taking screenshots and storing them locally - the (justified) anger about it was that anyone with physical access to your machine (eg an abusive spouse) could see what you had been doing, and it was to be turned on by default.

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nottorp 426 days ago
> was well documented

By trustable 3rd parties?

> last year

But this year it has MORE "AI" doesn't it?

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simonw 426 days ago
> By trustable 3rd parties?

Yes, that thing was hacked to pieces by privacy researchers.

I haven't been following updates on Recall since June last year: https://simonwillison.net/tags/recall/

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guappa 419 days ago
There was an article yesterday of microsoft violating MIT license of some project… just in case you still refuse facts.
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