r/Futurology • u/MetaKnowing • Dec 17 '24

Privacy/Security Microsoft Recall is capturing screenshots of sensitive information like credit card and social security numbers | Privacy nightmare is very real, and perfectly avoidable if you disable the feature for good

https://www.techspot.com/news/105943-microsoft-recall-capturing-screenshots-full-sensitive-information-despite.html
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u/TekRabbit Dec 17 '24

Man, is this software running all the time automatically? Has my computer been taking screenshots of all my finances and everything without me knowing it? I didn’t activate recall or anything.

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u/Harflin Dec 17 '24

Do you have a copilot PC?

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u/TekRabbit Dec 17 '24

I believe so. Windows 11 on a PC I just built.

I saw the icon in the taskbar but never interacted with it

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u/Dirty_Dragons Dec 17 '24

Do you have one of these PC?

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/copilot-plus-pcs?r=1#faq1

Copilot itself is something different.