Windows 11’s Recall is a brand-new headline feature for Copilot+ PCs. While the idea is interesting, researchers say it makes it way too easy to steal everything you viewed or typed on your computer.
Microsoft unveiled “Recall” at its special event on May 20. This Copilot+ PC-exclusive feature promises to bring “photographic memory” to your computer, allowing going back to any app or file you worked with. To combat privacy concerns, Microsoft published a page with details on how Recall works. However, security researchers strongly disagree with the company’s statements.
Kevin Beaumont, a cybersecurity expert, published a detailed blog post on Medium where he dug deeper into how Recall works. The verdict is a rather harsh one: stealing everything you viewed or typed on your computer is now very easy.
Beaumont claims that the idea of Recall is an interesting feature that requires “incredibly careful communication, cybersecurity, engineering, and implementation.” Sadly, Recall allegedly has none of those.
Although the data processing and encryption are indeed happening on-device only, all that info is not immune to hackers and malware. The encryption will protect your data if the attacker doesn’t know your username and password, but things change when hackers get a hold of your credentials using infostealers.
