Total Microsoft Recall!

In this clip, Marques, Andrew, and David discuss the Microsoft Recall feature (that has since been changed to opt-in) and whether or not they think it'll be useful.

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[WaveformClips]

Hey! So just an FYI in case you missed it, Microsoft has made Recall opt-in since the recording of this episode.

[Darius_Cyrus]

It's okay to not remember which movie you were watching the other day.

[EXbobomb]

Microsoft has finally made things so uncomfortable that I've learned Linux.

[afrikandan]

The worst implications are for employees. Not only does that give your employer immense control over you, but they can also figure out how to automate your entire workflow in a very short period of time.

[robertmaxey]

Pen and paper is looking better and better with every passing moment.

[danielkelsosmith]

Not a soul on this planet sat there for a moment and genuinely asked for this. What a waste of human and physical resources only to disadvantage hard working employees even more.

[JR-rvww]

Passwords, sensitive business info, clients personal info. There are tons of reasons businesses would be crazy to turn recall on company wide

[videowarehouse]

I can imagine all those e-mails from scammers saying "We have downloaded all your Recall data, all your screenshots. Pay us $1000 or we will release them to your wife, family, friends and colleagues" (whether they actually had access or not) and watching all the people panic...

[doudymac]

Recall AI will be like: "I've seen some things. 😨😮😵‍💫 "

[sclarsen]

I work in supply chain for a large manufacturing company. I spend 80% of my day on zoom and Teams calls. I just keep thinking of not only the privacy concerns for myself, but every person I talk to. Additionally, from a legal standpoint, if I'm on the phone with an international supplier, I'm pretty sure different countries, especially those in the EU, have much more strict privacy laws.

[Ultrajamz]

Its basically crypto mining software. What I mean by that is, Microsoft used to have to do the analysis of your data on their servers, and that has costs/limitations. Now, they can have it all on your computer at your expense and they get the same benefit. Just like if they used your pc to mine crypto. They’re just mining you instead.

[MyLittleMagneton]

Look back ...have you ever been in a situation where you wished you'd had this feature?
I can't.

[Djoki]

Its spyware, except for when big daddy Microshit does it.

[XxjeffersonDkidxX]

*"they will respect you privacy"*
They never do.
*"it's optional"*
For now, we all know is gonna be mandatory in the next version of windows
If is not open source so we can actually *SEE* what the code is doing we cannot actually know what is doing, we can only trust they word, and they showed again and again they cannot be trusted with our data.

[daniebello]

that episode of black mirror where they have bionic eyes that are recording their lives 24/7 and they can recall any moment of their live ever

[t_ylr]

Bad product. Worse name lol. "Let's name after what happens when there's a manufacturing defect in your car " lol

[cturtle]

I use a PC laptop for medical charting. Taking screenshots, even encrypted, would be a HIPAA violation. I do not have a Business Associate contract (required by HIPAA to share information) with Microsoft. Each violation carries up to a $100, 000 fine. So $100, 000 every 5 seconds could add up quickly.

[zohircherifi]

I'm pretty sure the FBI and CIA love this feature and hackers don't forget hackers

[AlphaMachina]

Just waiting for the moment police can get a warrant for this information.

[TheSteveSteele]

This is like installing a key logger and calling that Recall. Employers could use Recall to audit their employees as a random check of productivity. For example, a policy where the manager randomly comes to you and says, “show me what you where doing yesterday at 1:20pm” And if there are three instances of the employee goofing off, they’re fired.