Man the first hackers to get their hands on that data are gonna get rich. Blackmail material, personal details, banking information, passwords, everything you could want.
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Microsoft really cares about security
As long as it doesn't get in the way of money
Our financial security!
It's like those sextortion scam emails that say "we took pictures of you masturbating" except this time they'll really extract some poor guy's porn habits from their Recall database lmao
What a surprise, the spy software is spying on you.
We all saw that coming.
This this more of a byproduct of the design than anything.
Its almost like this was a bad idea to begin with.
If I want to save something I'll back it up myself. My attitude toward an OS remembering what I do: "We don't know each other and I was never here."
Let me try: hunter5
Must be working, all I see is ●●●●●●●
bash.org ftw
I put on my wizard hat and robe.
Although not the exact topic covered in the article, as you wouldn't necessarily be sending sensitive information like that to other people, but it's important to note that this means nothing you've sent before is safe.
It's not enough that from "now on" you don't send anything you wouldn't want Recall to capture, if you've already sent it and someone with Recall captures it then it's compromised. It's not just your own device that you need to worry about, it's also everyone you might contact or have ever contacted.
steamOS cannot come any sooner for desktop
Since the first steam machine in 2008 it's all I've ever wanted....
Im excited to live in that world.
Any game that relies on BS DRM like Denuvo that refuses to work for SteamOS can die in a fire.
Most of the are shitty multiplayer games anyways.
next PC upgrade won't feature any Intel or Nvidia, full AMD full glorious Linux under steamOS hopefully
Have done that since 2014 and do not regret it one bit. 10/10 do recommend.
I'm using bazzite for now in lieu of that
There's so many others you can use right now.
Most of the distros run steam great out of the box. Our biggest problem is video card updates breaking crap. Linux Tech Tips scared a bunch of people off by not reading a warning message on an update then refusing to seek any help when something broke.
You don't need SteamOS. It's likely not going to solve any problems for you that aren't solved elsewhere. It'll be good for console-like devices, but just use a normal desktop distro for a desktop computer.
I like Garuda Dragonized for gaming. It comes set up with a lot of gaming stuff already, and makes it easy to install a bunch of other gaming related packages you may want.
Theres no need to wait for Valve. The problem is solved already.
eh? I tried gaming with lutris fairly recently and I'd call it far from solved.
it's in a better spot than a decade ago
What went wrong? I've had essentially no issues lately. I know there's a handful of games with anti-cheats or DRMs that break (mostly out of China), but it's pretty minor. Modding is also a bit of a pain and has to be done manually for now, but Nexus is working on a new mod manager that should work for all platforms eventually.
Is there a way to turn this off?
DISM /Online /Disable-Feature /FeatureName:Recall
Run that from an administrator terminal (right click start menu and select Terminal (Administrator)). You can also do it from Settings > Privacy > Recall.
Those are the Microsoft-approved ways. If you don't trust them, you can also just download a new iso and completely rip it off before install using something like ChrisTitus' microWin.
Thanks for making it nice and user friendly... most of my elders go into a kind of fugue state when they see the terminal
Thanks for mentioning microWin. A tool I didn’t know I needed. I figured none had been made since XP’s Tweaks.
You're welcome. Just keep in mind that removing Recall from the W11 ISO apparently also reverts Explorer to the W10 version.
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Prompt injection acrobatics via cortana playing sounds from a hacked speaker
Maybe by "sensitive information" they mean theirs.
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