Microsoft’s more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users (www.theverge.com)
from realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to technology@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2024 20:29
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cyborganism@lemmy.ca on 27 Sep 2024 20:47 next collapse

Pro tip : you can also uninstall Windows by installing Linux over it.

atocci@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 2024 00:03 collapse

Simply fire up the garbage disposal and throw your SSD in

Kowowow@lemmy.ca on 27 Sep 2024 21:36 next collapse

Is there an equivalent to godwin’s law for Linux users? If you don’t have someone mention ditching windows you’ll never think to do it yourself

mosiacmango@lemm.ee on 27 Sep 2024 21:52 next collapse

It’s a bit grating as it’s preaching to the choir here, but people mainly do not know you can replace the OS, or frankly what an OS is.

You really do have to evangelize for change to make this even occur to people.

altima_neo@lemmy.zip on 27 Sep 2024 21:57 collapse

I remember back in high school a gal was having computer trouble and when asked about it, she said her computer ran Microsoft office. Like yeah, people don’t really know what an os is.

gsfraley@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2024 21:54 next collapse

To be fair, I was in the camp of “put a sock in it” until I reached a point of “alright FINE, I’ll give it a go” and now I’m joining the choir on it, desktop Linux is a dream.

Kowowow@lemmy.ca on 28 Sep 2024 00:53 collapse

Ya I got nothing against linux and I’m going to switch my old laptop once get the time and a flash drive small enough but I find it’s practically like the reddit meme of the upvotes dropping on the guy’s head

Wogi@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2024 21:57 next collapse

It’s called SudoGetLinux’s law

Fizz@lemmy.nz on 29 Sep 2024 12:30 collapse

Without Linux users advocating for Linux it would never reach the average consumer. We don’t have a marketing department we have to grassroots that shit.

helenslunch@feddit.nl on 27 Sep 2024 22:01 next collapse

They can overhaul it and resecure it all they want but it doesn’t matter because no one trusts them, because they’ve been giving you a plethora of reasons not to for decades. And it would take them decades to earn it back, if they actually tried.

BassTurd@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2024 22:47 collapse

And it’s impossible to make the data truly secure. If a bag bad actor gets in, GG everything.

SGG@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2024 23:02 collapse

Yep, Gucci and Louis Vuitton on the prowl.

BassTurd@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 2024 00:35 collapse

Shit… Watch out for bad actors too.

CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2024 22:24 next collapse

Oxymoron. “More secure spyware”

800XL@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2024 23:42 next collapse

“I’m actually really excited about how nerdy we got on the security architecture,” says David Weston, vice president of enterprise and OS security at Microsoft

🙄

Wooki@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 2024 09:33 next collapse

Maximum cringe

Nighed@feddit.uk on 28 Sep 2024 16:43 collapse

…I mean it actually sounds quite good? That’s probably better secured than your password manager which has a very similar risk profile.

… It should have been built like that from the start though! And this relies on Microsoft never watering it down so they can skim user data off the top…

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca on 28 Sep 2024 00:04 next collapse

Microsoft requires a proof of presence through Windows Hello.

… which requires a hotmail account or something, right?

So no. The only interaction I’ll have with this is coding cinc.sh to remove it.

HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com on 28 Sep 2024 00:07 next collapse

its an improvement because now for all you know it appears to uninstall the feature for now.

NegativeInf@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 2024 02:30 next collapse

“Uninstall”

Sure…

MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml on 28 Sep 2024 09:15 next collapse

It must be opt-in for EU market.

hikaru755@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 2024 10:48 collapse

Reading the article, it seems like it will actually be opt-in for everyone

[deleted] on 28 Sep 2024 16:32 collapse

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