INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Security and privacy advocates are girding themselves for another uphill battle against Recall, the AI tool rolling out in Windows 11 that
will screenshot, index, and store everything a user does every three seconds.When Recall was first introduced in May 2024, security
practitioners roundly castigated it for creating a gold mine for malicious insiders, criminals, or nation-state spies if they managed to
gain even brief administrative access to a Windows device
Privacy advocates warned that Recall was ripe for abuse in intimate partner violence settings
They also noted that there was nothing stopping Recall from preserving sensitive disappearing content sent through privacy-protecting
messengers such as Signal.Following months of backlash, Microsoft later suspended Recall
On Thursday, the company said it was reintroducing Recall
It currently is available only to insiders with access to the Windows 11 Build 26100.3902 preview version
Over time, the feature will be rolled out more broadly
To use Recall, you will need to opt-in to saving snapshots, which are images of your activity, and enroll in Windows Hello to confirm your
presence so only you can access your snapshots
You are always in control of what snapshots are saved and can pause saving snapshots at any time
As you use your Copilot+ PC throughout the day working on documents or presentations, taking video calls, and context switching across
activities, Recall will take regular snapshots and help you find things faster and easier
text in the snapshot you found.Microsoft is hoping that the concessions requiring opt-in and the ability to pause Recall will help quell the
collective revolt that broke out last year
