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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by arscynic to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
 

If one chats/mails with a person using Windows, despite using secure private protocols, every message will be stored by Microsoft's Windoze Recall. Either I'm missing something but this feature seems like the most grotesque breach in online privacy/security.

What are ways to avoid this except for using obfuscated text?

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[–] arscynic 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's more about what Microsoft enforces—spyware—than what other people do.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I meant you can't stop then from using Recall.

[–] doctortran@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Yes, and that's a valid concern, but there's no good answer here. That's why it's such a problem. From now on, one of the most widely used operating systems in the world is going to be harvesting data from any and everything that appears on it. Meaning any software you use to send any form of electronic communication, if a Windows computer opens it, and the user either hasn't bothered or doesn't know how to disable recall, your information has been harvested by Microsoft.

There's just no way to limit or avoid this. We need regulation.