TL;DR: Microsoft is working on a system called Recall that wants to record literally every action you take on your system ever, analyze it with muh AI, and store it in a database. The database then sits with no hint of security on your hard drive, making it available to basically anyone with access, even remotely. Accessing that database as an attacker (whether it's a Romanian script kiddy trying to get to your crypto, or the Feds, or whoever else) is a question of a couple of lines of code. The street shitters who now compose Microsoft's management and workforce see no issues with this, because they're inbred 80IQ retards with falsified credentials. In reality it's a security catastrophe.
It hasn't been rolled out yet, but it absolutely will be. Disable it, and then switch to Linux.
I'm already seeing articles on how to disable it. It's not in the current batch of windows machines on sale, but it will be, soon.
I still can't fathom what the flying fuck Microsoft is thinking, though. I know there's stupidity, but this has gone beyond casual and straight into S-tier professional stupidity.
Haven't had a chance to discuss stuff with my IT guys, but I wonder how that conversation is going to go, given all the sensitive information we deal with on a regular basis.
I guess Microsoft has calculated that the cries of "I'll switch to Linux" will be a small percentage of their userbase, companies will still stick to Windows for desktop usage and that Mac OS will either implement a similar feature or will also have people not adopt it in large numbers.
My concern is that Governments are in bed with Microsoft (to the point that organisations are switching from Google Chrome to Microsoft Edge) and they will be rolling out this update on computers that have confidential personal data that could be easily compromised. We may switch to Linux but they most certainly won't.
Linux Mint is one of the most popular choice for beginners. Otherwise, you could also pick one of the most popular (includes Mint, but also Ubuntu, Fedora, etc.), since they are popular, it's has good support and likely to have fixed many issues already with most systems.
TL;DR: Microsoft is working on a system called Recall that wants to record literally every action you take on your system ever, analyze it with muh AI, and store it in a database. The database then sits with no hint of security on your hard drive, making it available to basically anyone with access, even remotely. Accessing that database as an attacker (whether it's a Romanian script kiddy trying to get to your crypto, or the Feds, or whoever else) is a question of a couple of lines of code. The street shitters who now compose Microsoft's management and workforce see no issues with this, because they're inbred 80IQ retards with falsified credentials. In reality it's a security catastrophe.
It hasn't been rolled out yet, but it absolutely will be. Disable it, and then switch to Linux.
If you prefer a video, here's Mental Outlaw going over it: https://preservetube.com/watch?v=oSBDkPxivuA
And here's an article from yesterday saying Microsoft is aware of this insane clusterfuck and sees no issue with it: https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/06/microsoft_research_recall/
Half of them probably working tech support scams on the side.
Half? Surely that's a low estimate.
Rookie numbers? Rookie numbers.
I'm already seeing articles on how to disable it. It's not in the current batch of windows machines on sale, but it will be, soon.
I still can't fathom what the flying fuck Microsoft is thinking, though. I know there's stupidity, but this has gone beyond casual and straight into S-tier professional stupidity.
Haven't had a chance to discuss stuff with my IT guys, but I wonder how that conversation is going to go, given all the sensitive information we deal with on a regular basis.
It’s not a bug, it’s a feature
I guess Microsoft has calculated that the cries of "I'll switch to Linux" will be a small percentage of their userbase, companies will still stick to Windows for desktop usage and that Mac OS will either implement a similar feature or will also have people not adopt it in large numbers.
My concern is that Governments are in bed with Microsoft (to the point that organisations are switching from Google Chrome to Microsoft Edge) and they will be rolling out this update on computers that have confidential personal data that could be easily compromised. We may switch to Linux but they most certainly won't.
Any distro suggestions? I need something that's relatively newbie friendly and has good community support..
Linux Mint is one of the most popular choice for beginners. Otherwise, you could also pick one of the most popular (includes Mint, but also Ubuntu, Fedora, etc.), since they are popular, it's has good support and likely to have fixed many issues already with most systems.
i'm on PopOS which i think is a fork of linux mint
I've tried Mint Cinnamon, Mint xfce, OpenSuse Leap, and Devuan with SysV init, and so far Linux Mint Cinnamon has been my favorite.
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