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Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 users will not be able to uninstall the controversial “Recall” feature, despite earlier reports suggesting otherwise. Recall, part of the Copilot+ suite announc (mastodon.social)
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Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 users will not be able to uninstall the controversial “Recall” feature, despite earlier reports suggesting otherwise. Recall, part of the Copilot+ suite announced in May, automatically captures screenshots of user activity on the operating system including sensitive information such as passwords or financial data https://digitalmarketreports.com/news/25091/microsoft-recall-feature-on-windows-11-not-removable-after-all/ Do yourself a favor and get rid of Windows from your life—enough of these greedy companies. #privacy #security

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[–] megatronicthronbanks@mastodon.social 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@nixCraft@mastodon.social

This guy will probably include a Recall remover sooner or later. Winaero Tweaker so far does not seem to have one, but probably will too.

I'm just freezing my Windows partitions at Win 10 Pro and not letting them 11 themselves.

[–] ReversalHatchery 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

don't worry, with time an update will install recall to 10, just like they backported their massive telemetry to 7

[–] megatronicthronbanks@mastodon.social 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@ReversalHatchery True, but then there'll be a blocker for *that* update! :)

[–] ReversalHatchery 2 points 4 months ago

which most, including the people for whom I'm managing their PCs will not know about. this practice is entirely disgusting, I really can't say anymore microsoft is not a bad actor, and I really can't install it for anyone anymore. while linux is still not there: automatic updates require a lot of configuration and they can break the system