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Brave blocks Windows Recall from screenshotting your browsing activity

ID: d127ddb3-d5d0-52ec-80cf-b6e3c9c6a041

STIX ID: report--d127ddb3-d5d0-52ec-80cf-b6e3c9c6a041

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Date Published: 2025-07-23

Date Updated: 2026-07-18

Author: Lawrence Abrams

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Brave has proactively disabled Windows Recall from capturing the contents of Brave browser windows by using the SetInputScope API to mark windows IS_PRIVATE, a change already in Nightly builds and rolling out to stable releases; users can re-enable Recall if desired. The report notes Signal took a different approach (DRM flag) and mentions privacy and accessibility trade-offs, but does not describe an attack, compromise, or vulnerability.

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