{"id":253968,"date":"2024-06-04T08:52:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T08:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/?p=253968"},"modified":"2024-06-04T08:52:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T08:52:45","slug":"microsofts-recall-a-dire-threat-to-user-privacy-or-social-media-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/microsoft-windows-recall-feature-threatens-user-privacy","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s Recall: A Dire Threat to User Privacy or \u2018Social Media 2.0\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you were to survey the extensive abilities of AI<\/a>, finding a function that made you feel uncomfortable, anxious, or unsafe wouldn’t take long. It now seems that the Windows Recall feature can be added to the ever-expanding list.<\/p>\n

Announced ahead of Microsoft\u2019s annual Build Developer Conference, this search tool will document your digital activity by taking screenshots every few seconds and storing them locally on your Windows 11<\/a> PC. The idea is that Recall can perform a comprehensive visual search of your entire history to locate exactly what you need.<\/p>\n

Microsoft has stated<\/a> that users will be able to \u201caccess virtually what [they] have seen or done on [their] PC in a way that feels like having photographic memory.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who wouldn\u2019t want a photographic memory? For many, however, the prospect of Microsoft constantly watching its customers feels a bit too Orwellian.<\/p>\n

Although the tech giant released a statement<\/a> asserting that Recall data cannot be \u201caccessed by Microsoft or anyone who does not have device access,” several cybersecurity specialists are not convinced that this AI doesn\u2019t threaten privacy and security.<\/p>\n

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