Recall - Coming to a Computer Near You (Maybe)

[Elric]

As an information security professional, I've been following this upcoming MS sh1+show for a bit. It might be worth a read for a broader audience as Microsoft wants this to be our collective future.

Windows Recall demands an extraordinary level of trust that Microsoft hasn’t earned

Op-ed: The risks to Recall are way too high for security to be secondary.

arstechnica.com

 

[TheIronMonkey]

This sounds like it has the potential to be a nightmare on many levels. Privacy, security, you name it. I can imagine a host of scandals resulting in subpoenas of these snapshots and news stories galore.

 

[Hillcrest]

This sounds like it has the potential to be a nightmare on many levels. Privacy, security, you name it. I can imagine a host of scandals resulting in subpoenas of these snapshots and news stories galore.

You went to the Pipes by Lee thread 10,000 times ! The computer says so ...

 

[PA Piper Mike]

Oh yeah...no way this gets abused. We should just trust our overlords.

I guess gone are the days of "yo man, if I die, delete my browser history!"

 

[Sigmund]

2 words: Cambridge Analytica.

No thanks Microsoft.

 

[Non-Mentholated Black Man]

2 words: Cambridge Analytica.

Many two (2) word phrases come to mind; most beginning with a four-letter word.
I will keep it clean and go with:

Hard pass.

 

[LotusEater]

I’m currently using M365 Copilot which is a licensed version that is accessible through all of the M365 apps (Word,Excel, PowerPoint). This version of Copilot allows the chat function to access “work” data or “web” info. Our data, and Copilot chats and compositions are supposed to be secure. It doesn’t sound like that would be the case for non licensed users of a PC with integrated Copilot functionality. Certainly not something I would use.

 

[shanez]

 

[kcghost]

I am glad I've gotten too old for this crap.

 

[sablebrush52]

The AI to worry about are the ones you’re not hearing about.

 

[EA-6B]

Copilot, Edge, Bing, searching the internet when I just want to search for files using the search box, sending data out, stupid logos where I don't want them, 'Automatic Repair', etc. etc., so far I've turned all of that junk off using scripts & reg edits.
Expecting to shut off Recall, too.
P.S. Also currently running activated Win11 with no TPM module & getting updates just fine, suck it MSFT. Bootable fully-migrated backup drive ready to go if needed, suck it MSFT.

 

[BingBong]

I am grateful to have retired from InfoSec and IT in general. Windows has been a security pain ever since MS decided to put the desktop in Ring 0, this is more of the same. Maybe they should buy Boeing?

 

[georged]

The fun part is when you realize that every oppressive dictator who murdered millions, from Genghis Khan to Adolph Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Chairman Mao, did it "analog" style: Spies, embedded informers, humans with weapons, and paper records.

Imagine what they could have managed to do if they'd known everyone's interests, activities, and associations at the push of a button, to a level of detail many orders of magnitude greater...

Why think about it?

Because humans never change, only the technology they use does.

 

[Chasing Embers]

They'll have fun with my browser history.

 

[brian64]

The fun part is when you realize that every oppressive dictator who murdered millions, from Genghis Khan to Adolph Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Chairman Mao, did it "analog" style: Spies, embedded informers, humans with weapons, and paper records.

Imagine what they could have managed to do if they'd known everyone's interests, activities, and associations at the push of a button, to a level of detail many orders of magnitude greater...

Why think about it?

Because humans never change, only the technology they use does.

Your post has been identified as MISINFORMATION, and the standard fine has been deducted from your CBDC Carbon Credit account. This has resulted in a negative balance at this time, which hereby revokes all of your CO2 producing privileges.

You will be provided with the opportunity to earn additional credits through mandatory REEDUCATION at the nearest Carbon Compliance Camp.

The People's Bus will be by within the hour...please be ready and waiting at the curb.

 

[Servant King]

The People's Bus

Does it have a smoking section?

 

[brian64]

Does it have a smoking section?

Just asking that question has zeroed out your Carbon Credit account.

Don't worry though, there's plenty of room on the Bus.

 

[VDL_Piper]

The AI to worry about are the ones you’re not hearing about.

This is the key statement going forward and this sort of shit scares the hell out of me and you have to ask.......why would these two companies align.

The Coca-Cola Company announces strategic partnership with Microsoft to transform global engagement and experiences - Stories

ATLANTA and REDMOND, Wash. — April 27, 2020 — The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: “KO”) on Monday announced a five-year agreement with Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: “MSFT”) to standardize its business operations on Microsoft’s cloud and deliver rich new digital experiences that will provide innovative...

news.microsoft.com

 

[Servant King]

Just asking that question has zeroed out your Carbon Credit account.

Don't worry though, there's plenty of room on the Bus.

Which is just as well, as I seem to be emitting far more methane these days than carbon.

On a side note, that bus is about to have even more room on it.

 

[sablebrush52]

This is the key statement going forward and this sort of shit scares the hell out of me and you have to ask.......why would these two companies align.

The Coca-Cola Company announces strategic partnership with Microsoft to transform global engagement and experiences - Stories

ATLANTA and REDMOND, Wash. — April 27, 2020 — The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: “KO”) on Monday announced a five-year agreement with Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: “MSFT”) to standardize its business operations on Microsoft’s cloud and deliver rich new digital experiences that will provide innovative...

news.microsoft.com

That one's easy. Maximize profit. Companies are urging their customers to use their apps, like McDonalds. Why? Because the apps on your phone collect data that the companies sell to consumer data analytics firms which collect the data, organize it in meaningful ways, and in turn sell it to various industries to allow them to better increase what you pay. It's a form of price fixing, which while illegal for companies to do face to face, is currently in a gray legal area when it comes to receiving data from a 3rd party supplier for the same purpose.