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

submitted 1 day ago by disguised_doge@kbin.earth to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

YT Video (5min)

Invidious Link

Original Github Issue

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[–] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

But people know they will soon, considering Windows is the most popular OS and they have been forcing everyone as hard as they can to always update to the next and newest version.

The link is also interesting but it only happened after the whole world screamed at them about the privacy and security issues of the feature.

I'm definitely saving it though, because it also includes a way to not have to keep seeing the stupid re set up your system screen after every Windows update. Didn't think I'd run into that in your link, but I couod use that information lol.

[–] MaxHardwood@lemmy.ca -5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

only happened after the whole world screamed at them about the privacy and security issues of the feature

That's actually not true. If you look at the original announcement of Recall it was doing all of this stuff all along. The issue is some researchers ripped Recall out of the beta image and deployed it on a system that Recall isn't designed to run on. They then reported how it had all these problems... Because it was never designed to run on that system. At the time they did their experiment, Copilot+ PC's were not available to the public.

MS Recall

Copilot+

Copilot+ PC's

[–] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 6 points 3 hours ago

What? I thought you were talking about the security and privacy issues, but now I'm not sure what you're arguing against. Even your link admits that the changes for improved security only happened after all the security official in the world said how that feature was asking for trouble from a privacy and security standpoint. It was doing what stuff all along? Improved security features? Definitely not. Your screen shots don't mention any of the stuff in your link, such as the dedicated VPN stored locally, with encryption and keys and PIN, etc.