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by xnx 376 days ago
Recall-like features will be a standard and accepted part of operating systems soon. People freaked out about Gmail "reading all your email" at first too.

I know there's a difference in the OS having access to everything on your screen, but people will still calm down once there are useful benefits delivered.

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Especially in the US, where non-tech folks have shown time and time again they don't care about privacy, and will happily trade all of their personal information over for useful products and features.

I know several people who were actually excited for Recall, rather than horrified by it.

It's a reminder that generally, what techies on HN (and especially Reddit) think is generally the opposite of the general population.