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Microsoft Recall is now an explorer.exe dependency (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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TLDR:
Windows 11 v24H2 and beyond will have Recall installed on every system. Attempting to remove Recall will now break some file explorer features such as tabs.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

So.. how does this exist in corporate environments where PCI DSS is necessary? Is the government also going to have to deal with fallout from this?

I wonder if there will ever be a point where legislation dictates features from an os vendor.. we lost control of our hardware when they started forcing updates. I'm sure someone will hack a DLL or something to allow explorer to run but kill this component... But should we really need to hack our systems to protect ourselves from spying?

Inb4 Linux - I ran Slackware in the early 90s, and my server still runs a deb based distro.. but when I want to play Forza, I'm pretty limited with my choices, etc.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Microsoft: We're going to arbitrarily require TPM and SecureBoot and say that makes Windows 11 more secure even though that's a feature of your motherboard, not our operating system.

Also Microsoft: In Windows 11 the file explorer program depends on a program that periodically sends us screenshots of your screen.

So secure!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Security <> privacy. And this is where they slice the difference. Although, they're not secure, either lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Sending random screenshots somewhere is not secure at all lmao. That's a hacker's wet dream.

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