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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: 0s | source
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varbhat ◴[23 Jul 25 11:32 UTC] No.44657995[source]▶
Until the time when Microsoft realises this and creates a privileged API just for Microsoft Recall so that It can see the screen.

Better switch to Linux. It's not perfect but I am sure that you will be fine using Linux(Unless you want to use Adobe Suite or Few Corporate applications which won't be used by many)

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bitexploder ◴[23 Jul 25 12:03 UTC] No.44658253[source]▶
You have to opt in to Recall. You must have a “Copilot+ PC” which has an “NPU”. The snapshots are stored and processed locally.
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falcor84 ◴[23 Jul 25 12:17 UTC] No.44658370[source]▶
> The snapshots are stored and processed locally.

Even if that's the design, it's a massive new attack surface for malware to try to exfiltrate.

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roetlich ◴[23 Jul 25 12:52 UTC] No.44658659{3}[source]▶
Then don't turn it on?
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Eggpants ◴[23 Jul 25 14:54 UTC] No.44659894{4}[source]▶
This “feature” was made for corporate owned window machines, who will force it enabled via policies.
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1. contextfree ◴[24 Jul 25 22:05 UTC] No.44676876{5}[source]▶
There is currently no policy setting to do this. The available policy settings are "disable Recall and do not allow users to enable it" (which is the default) and "allow users to enable Recall, but leave it disabled by default".