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Microsoft is struggling to get Windows Recall out the door — delays releasing first public preview. (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The tech is useful.

To Microsoft, sure. But what about the users? Which problem or problems were being solved?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Biggest impact is accessibility. Think people with memory issues or blind. This tech will change their lives.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This isn't an unreasonable suggestion, but I'm not seeing accessibility mentioned anywhere on the Recall site. For those with sight issues, I'm unclear on how the process would be with the necessary screen-reader that MS is silent on compatibility with. Sure, text to voice is a thing, but that would only be useful at home unless you really want to have a computer read out loud everything it's got in Recall.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I’m talking more abstractly about the tech vs your concrete here today Microsoft Recall implementation of the tech. It’s unfortunate M$ isn’t working towards accessibility now, but this tech will enable such things.

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

I appreciate the positive outlook for the possibility of things, but I live in a world where Microsoft has already violated customer trust and privacy, so I'll stick with what evidence supports. Evidence supports that this is not about customers, and is instead a new way for them to get additional data.

The risks of this being done incorrectly, at all, are much more worrisome than any speculative fiction I might want to entertain about them.