Microsoft made a big deal of Recall, one of the main features that will launch with the new Copilot+ PCs. It works by constantly taking screenshots of.
A hot potato: Microsoft’s Recall feature is being universally slammed for the privacy implications that come from screenshotting everything you do on a computer. However, at least one person seems to think the concerns are overblown. Unsurprisingly, it’s Microsoft Research’s chief scientist, who didn’t really give an answer when asked about Recall’s negative points.
Microsoft made a big deal of Recall, one of the main features that will launch with the new Copilot+ PCs. It works by constantly taking screenshots of everything you do on a computer, presenting users with a scrollable timeline of past activity. The idea is that users can easily find something they’d been previously working on/looking at, thanks to the power of AI.
While Microsoft said all Recall data stays local and private on a PC, and users can pause or delete logging, it did admit that it won’t hide sensitive data such as passwords or payment details.
