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Microsoft Research chief scientist has no issue with Windows Recall

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Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2024-06-06

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Thomas Claburn

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The article examines privacy and security criticisms of Microsoft’s Recall feature, which continually captures screenshots and activity logs stored locally in an unencrypted SQLite database. Researchers and commentators argue Recall poses significant privacy and legal risks (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, legal discovery) and that tools like TotalRecall make the stored data easily accessible, but the piece does not report an actual compromise or active attack.

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