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Brave blocks Microsoft Recall by default

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290 points XzetaU8 | 5 comments | 23 Jul 25 09:33 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jadamson ◴[23 Jul 25 11:19 UTC] No.44657903[source]▶
I'm curious about the last paragraph relating to Signal. How, exactly, have Brave managed this without also blocking screenshots? Is there a flag Signal missed?
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1. robin_reala ◴[23 Jul 25 11:23 UTC] No.44657931[source]▶
Microsoft specifically allows software in the category “browsers” to disable Recall.
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2. eviks ◴[23 Jul 25 11:26 UTC] No.44657951[source]▶
How is this category defined? Can an app resister itself as a browser?
3. aleph_minus_one ◴[23 Jul 25 11:41 UTC] No.44658072[source]▶
> Microsoft specifically allows software in the category “browsers” to disable Recall.

1. "Browser" does not mean "web browser": many kinds of applications can be considered a browser.

2. Even if you identify "browser" with "web browser": Electron apps are basically (web) browsers (though not fully functional ones). Nobody claimed said for a software to be in the "browser" category, it has to be a fully functional web browser.

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4. dotancohen ◴[23 Jul 25 13:58 UTC] No.44659306[source]▶
How does the OS know that foobar application is a [[fully functional] web] browser?
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5. delfinom ◴[23 Jul 25 15:49 UTC] No.44660578{3}[source]▶
It doesn't. Windows is just checking if there's a protocol handler entry in the registry for http/https.

In theory you don't abuse that because it will come up as a possible browser option for users. :shrug: