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Brave blocks Microsoft Recall by default

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290 points XzetaU8 | 1 comments | 23 Jul 25 09:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.198s | source
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delichon ◴[23 Jul 25 11:29 UTC] No.44657972[source]▶
> We tell the operating system that every Brave tab is ‘private’, so Recall never captures it.

Without this loophole Recall could take pix of password managers and other such sensitive windows. So it doesn't seem closeable without per app exceptions.

But privacy is a bug on a school laptop used by a child. Brave could have a toggle on the feature if it wants to serve that market.

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HWR_14 ◴[23 Jul 25 12:28 UTC] No.44658455[source]▶
How does it help parents/teachers/children to have Microsoft spy on your children?

I have trouble thinking of a use case.

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1. delichon ◴[23 Jul 25 13:22 UTC] No.44658970[source]▶
As a teacher it's "I wasn't able to monitor Tommy's screen while I was helping other students, but Tommy is struggling with the material that he usually gets easily and I'd like to know if he was on task. If not I want to bring back his focus; if so I'd like to understand what he has trouble with so I can help."

If you're thinking "just ask", unfortunately students often don't have that level of introspection.