floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoMicrosoft rolls Windows Recall out to the public nearly a year after announcing itarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down112
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minus-squarepyr0ball@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down1·10 hours ago“But most significantly, Microsoft has made Recall a feature you must opt in to using rather than opt out of using, and it’s possible to remove it completely.” Important bit
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·3 hours ago“Whoopsie, we turned it on for everyone by accident after an update! We made a fucky wucky!”
minus-squarevrighter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·4 hours agoonly until they find out most people never enable it. Then it will be forced on
minus-squareExcrubulent@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoYeah, this is just the thin end of the wedge. Although I suppose you could call windows itself the thin end of the wedge, this is a slightly wider part.
minus-squareBillegh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·8 hours agoFor now, anyway. Let’s hope it stays that way.
minus-squarehightrix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 hours agoGood! In my opinion this entirely changes the feature to acceptable.
“But most significantly, Microsoft has made Recall a feature you must opt in to using rather than opt out of using, and it’s possible to remove it completely.”
Important bit
“Whoopsie, we turned it on for everyone by accident after an update! We made a fucky wucky!”
only until they find out most people never enable it. Then it will be forced on
Yeah, this is just the thin end of the wedge.
Although I suppose you could call windows itself the thin end of the wedge, this is a slightly wider part.
For now, anyway. Let’s hope it stays that way.
Good! In my opinion this entirely changes the feature to acceptable.