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Windows Recall is secretly installed and enabled on non-Copilot+PCs (Privacy Nightmare) (www.youtube.com)

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[-] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 hour ago

(re)Ditched Windows on my PC a while ago, still have to use Windows at work. Just checked my work laptop running Windows 11 (standard laptop, not a "Copilot+PC") - sure enough, that Recall shit is installed and active. Disabled it, and made a post in our main company Teams channel with screenshots. Will be interesting to see if there are any reactions to this.

To find out if it is active in Windows 11, open up 'cmd' and use: (typing this from memory, hope it is correct)

dism /online /get-featureinfo /featurename:Recall

to disable it, you need a 'cmd' instance with admin rights:

dism /online /disable-feature /featurename:Recall

[-] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 3 points 31 minutes ago

My company blocks screenshots (luckily we don't have high definition cameras in or pocket at all times, else that would seem stupid) so I'm wondering what they will do if those are user accessible.

[-] trespasser69@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

It will be re-enabled after update : )

[-] verdigris@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 hours ago

Switched back to Linux this week and I couldn't be happier.

[-] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago

Upgraded*

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[-] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

Why do people still use that legacy proprietary malware-ridden morally obsolete operating system?

[-] ReadyUser31@lemmy.world 5 points 50 minutes ago* (last edited 50 minutes ago)

Why do you think they do? Logically think it through.

Market sharen and incumbent advantage. Ease of adoption (or appearance of). Ubiquity and lack of need to retain. Predatory behaviour by MS. Different priorities for users.

Unless you actually consider the real reasons why Windows is so widespread you'll never make a dent in it.

[-] rustyricotta@lemmy.ml 1 points 59 minutes ago

For me personally, VR is the last thing holding me back. Hopefully that changes soon though. My laptop has already been Windows-free for a while.

[-] trespasser69@lemmy.world -4 points 1 hour ago

Normies doesn't care. Instead they watch brainrot content on TikTok

[-] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 minutes ago

(and most don't have desktops or laptops to start with)

[-] Coldgoron@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago

Saw this bullshit coming, already got a linux mint dual boot setup on my work pc.

PSA: If you have a bigger usb formatted to the ntfs file system, consider switching it to exfat file system when working with linux. I had a hard freeze up and couldn’t get my files off for a bit, and this what I suspect was the issue.

[-] Lenny@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I made this prediction before kind of joking, but I feel like it could still end up this way, where in the near future we’ll all be installing a FOSS AI after a fresh install whose sole job is to target the corpo AI’s on our local machines and continuously cripple them.

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 2 points 1 hour ago

The guys using FOSS Ai would be the same guys using an operating system without an hostile Ai built in.

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 32 points 4 hours ago

What do you think it would cost MS to sell a version of Windows that's just...an operating system, and not an ad platform? Like Windows XP? Or maybe Windows 10 on day 1?

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 2 points 18 minutes ago

There is no amount that could answer that because the Ad profit is on top of the already existing product. It would always be viewed as a "loss."

Not that they're losing on the cost of operations and development of the OS, but because the ad revenue is in addition to the product...

Greed fucking greed fucking greed. Greed turtles all the way down...

[-] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 hours ago

Windows 10 on day 1 was still 'calling home' and recommending candy crush in the start menu as I recall. I had to dig into the registry to gut the windows store from it entirely to get windows 10 to act how i want an OS to act. Windows 7 was the last good windows IMO.

[-] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

You can't ungrind ground meat back.

While using Linux with Mate is perfectly possible

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Of course you can.

Linux is great if you're a software developer and don't ever plug any hardware in.

[-] ToucheGoodSir@lemy.lol 1 points 55 minutes ago

Maybe 5-10 years ago, apparently these days driver issues are less of a concern. Plug & play is the norm now, from my experience at least

[-] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 hours ago

But think of the shareholders. They would loose so much money they would probably have to sell their third yacht!

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 23 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

But think of the shareholders

I have many thoughts of the shareholders.

Most of those thoughts are quite violent.

[-] Pyflixia@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 2 hours ago

Shareholders ought to be thankful we don't know their names, addresses or anything or we'd be knee-capping them dumbasses.

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[-] trespasser69@lemmy.world 124 points 6 hours ago

Windows Recall today: Your data is private and stays on local machine.

Recall after 2 years: We may use your data to train our AI models, improve our services and personalize your experince.

[-] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 1 points 27 minutes ago

Best part? It's using your hardware and electricity to train the models.

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Recall after 2 years: Your personalized ads are generated on device based on preferences detected by Recall and our partners. Recall shares these preferences with Microsoft and our 23,671.5 partners and 16 nation-state partners around the world to better serve you <3.

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[-] I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 108 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Set up a new pc for someone today. Turned off all the OneDrive backup options. Rebooted and copied their files from a USB to SATA adapter. They turned the backup settings back on again!

Can't trust Microsoft.

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 46 points 7 hours ago

Yep. I’ve set up Windows a few times recently, and they don’t give even the slightest consideration for your settings. Few days later, they changed right back.

They will be configured to benefit Microsoft first. Maybe not immediately. But it sounds like a losing game.

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[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 18 points 6 hours ago

Switching to linux few years back is really fucking printing...

I was spending so much time cleaning up windows and then microshit would roll my settings back🤡

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