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Microsoft's AI Secretly Copying All Your Private Messages (futurism.com)
submitted 11 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/62673770

  • In December, an investigation by Tom's Hardware found that Recall frequently captured sensitive information in its screenshots, including credit card numbers and Social Security numbers — even though its "filter sensitive information" setting was supposed to prevent that from happening.
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 minutes ago

And this is why Fwyfwy refuse to move away from Windows 10. Fwy refuse to use any version of Windows that truly integrates their AI bullshit...and Fwy actively breaks and blocks installation of it too; during updates via NTFS security, policies and other tactics to otherwise deny or break their store app from installing anything automatically. If I need some shitty UWP packaged app; I will pull it down and manually install it myself using PowerShell kthx.

Fuck your AI shit Microsoft. If I want AI; I'll choose the models and run it locally on my own hardware and train it to my needs. If I need a screenshot; I have several app options to do so on command with a single keypress. I don't need my PC taking timelapse photos of what I'm doing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Why do people not use Win 11 LTSC so nothing is installed besides barebones Windows functionality? It does not come with Microsoft Store or Media Player

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

They still get a surprising amount of telemetry out of LTSC, especially 11 LTSC.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 hours ago

It really is time for Linux. The signs haven't only been there, they've been bloody screaming. Dystopian as fuck.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

There's nothing secret about it. They told us up front.

It's why I stopped using Windows.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

Its not just about us using Linux though - it's also users on the other end that were interacting with. If I handle sensitive information, use encryption and disappearing messages and what have you, that doesn't mean squat if I have to send some sensitive information to someone using insecure email and Recall. Microsoft, Google and whatever other gods awful privacy invading service and companies the person on the other end now have that data.

And a lot of people just don't even think about this stuff. They could be the type of person who will promise yo keep your secrets or sensitive stuff and actually do that, but keeping that away from privacy invading companies isn't even on their radar.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 hours ago

Always expect worse never expect anything else. They are only here to make their lives easier and all of ours harder. Kill capitalism and the economy or forever be under tyranny. What's worse is there's no system you can use because I truly believe we cannot properly do an economy. Everytime it's failed. Always an issue you can't solve because it's a part of the foundation.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It's unlikely that they're copying all my private messages.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

don't worry, it's enough if your chat partner didn't have it disabled

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago

True but at least they will only get a little slice of all my communications, not all of it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 hours ago

I have a strong suspicion that they’re capturing screenshots & data, whether you have recall enabled or not, and that’s why the performance on Windows 11 is so drastically worse. Turning on Recall probably just turns on users visibility, or some additional digestion of the data.