Microsoft Recall Returns: Security Improves but Issues Remain

Microsoft has reintroduced the Recall screen-recording feature for Copilot+ PCs with improvements (opt-in, encrypted SQLite database, filtering), but independent researcher Kevin Beaumont warns significant security and privacy shortcomings remain—biometrics are only used during onboarding (subsequent access relies on PIN), sensitive-data filtering is unreliable, and Recall can capture private messaging, video calls, and remote desktop sessions; Beaumont recommends that journalists, at-risk individuals, and others handling sensitive data avoid using Recall until concerns are resolved.