“Microsoft has simply given us no other option,” Signal says as it blocks Windows Recall (arstechnica.com)
from floofloof@lemmy.ca to cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works on 22 May 04:12
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Luffy879@lemmy.ml on 22 May 06:11 next collapse

And one more time:

If you want to make a privacy respecting service, you have to gatekeep windows users. They are a security risk to everyone

wuphysics87@lemmy.ml on 22 May 06:33 collapse

Idk if I understand. There’s no more signal desktop 9n windows?

RedSnt@feddit.dk on 22 May 09:12 collapse

This is the tl;dr paragraph from the article:

With no API for blocking Recall in the Windows Desktop version, Signal is instead invoking an API Microsoft provides for protecting copyrighted material. App developers can turn on the DRM setting to prevent Windows from taking screenshots of copyrighted content displayed in the app. Signal is now repurposing the API to add an extra layer of privacy.

So Signal is still available on Windows.

alucard@feddit.org on 22 May 11:24 collapse

I mean, is Microsoft truly going to stop at DRM labelled content? Now they claim they will, but I don’t trust they will in the future.

RedSnt@feddit.dk on 22 May 11:57 collapse

Like the user “UserIDAlreadyInUse” in the article’s comment section wrote:

And in the very next WIn11 update, Microsoft introduces an exception list to DRM blocking and wouldn’t you know it, Signal is top-of-line in said list.

I certainly wouldn’t trust Microsoft.