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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 23:06:48 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 users will not be able to uninstall the controversial “Recall” feature, despite earlier reports suggesting otherwise. Recall, part of the Copilot+ suite announced in May, automatically captures screenshots of user activity on the operating system including sensitive information such as passwords or financial data https://digitalmarketreports.com/news/25091/microsoft-recall-feature-on-windows-11-not-removable-after-all/ Do yourself a favor and get rid of Windows from your life—enough of these greedy companies. #privacy #security

   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 23:20:00 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     This feature is a wet dream for three letter agencies or bad actors. It can’t get better than this. What next turns off TLS? I don’t know a single security researcher who will recommend this feature.

   • mikeTesteLinux (miketestelinux@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 23:24:46 JST mikeTesteLinux

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     @nixCraft More than a wet dream for any spy agency. We will call it SpyOS instead of windows. Confirm my choice to switch to Linux even more.

   • Rajat (rxx256@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 23:48:04 JST Rajat

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     @nixCraft As always, switch to Linux

   • pr06lefs (pr06lefs@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 23:54:45 JST pr06lefs

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     @nixCraft How could anyone recommend this OS to orgs that work with sensitive data?

   • Benaresh (benaresh@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 00:03:42 JST Benaresh

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     @nixCraft Windows 11 and the shenanigans with windows 10 made me install mint.

   • Courtney Mertz (courtneyamitie@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 00:05:46 JST Courtney Mertz

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     I smell a lawsuit! Maybe more perhaps....

   • linablond (linablond@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 00:24:41 JST linablond

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     • VanTom

     @VanTom ist das nicht ein enormes Sicherheitsrisiko? Kann man nicht an die Screenshots kommen?

   • Irregularjoe (irregularjoe@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 01:01:42 JST Irregularjoe

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     @nixCraft I'll never install Windows 11.

   • edujillo (edujillo@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 01:27:09 JST edujillo

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     @nixCraft
     Very well said!
     Go to Linux now!

   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 02:00:36 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     • Avoid the Hack! :donor:
     • Walter Burns

     @avoidthehack @walterburns and every Win11 update will enabled it back. that is how MSFT works. They have gone completely crazy now.

   • Avoid the Hack! :donor: (avoidthehack@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 02:00:37 JST Avoid the Hack! :donor:

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     • Walter Burns

     @walterburns I'm sure some amazing devs will find a workaround... just depends how hack-y it is. Which kind of leaves me concerned because the more hack-y solution, generally the less available it is to your average person.

   • Walter Burns (walterburns@toot.community)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 02:00:40 JST Walter Burns

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     • Avoid the Hack! :donor:

     @avoidthehack @nixCraft

     I am trying to be confident that there will be people that will come up with solutions to uninstall or remove this on Github (ironically). This will always be a fight between MSFT and devs but it's hard to say what's possible and not on Arm (as I am no expert).

   • Avoid the Hack! :donor: (avoidthehack@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 02:00:41 JST Avoid the Hack! :donor:

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     @nixCraft If I remember correctly, they did the same thing (unable to uninstall) with Win10/Cortana, but you could disable it in the registry. Wonder if something similar could be done with Recall.

     In any case, Recall is an absolute shit show both security and privacy wise.

   • O-NPDs (onpds@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 02:16:17 JST O-NPDs

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     @nixCraft 👍

   • Draupnir (draupnir@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 02:51:50 JST Draupnir

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     @nixCraft Definitely. I have always believed Microsoft and Windows as an op system were complete and utter crap. Never had a prove it was otherwise! Till now. 😂

   • Adonnen (adonnen@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 03:17:47 JST Adonnen

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     @nixCraft literally why??? Casual users usually don't even know how to access the optional features menu. Just seems like pointless bad PR

   • Paula Maddox (paulamaddox@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 04:01:35 JST Paula Maddox

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     @nixCraft been thinking about switching for a few months.
     Kinda not surprised.

   • Aho (aho@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 04:04:32 JST Aho

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     @nixCraft who cares, ms-windows is the past...

   • nub235 (nub235@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 04:31:38 JST nub235

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     @nixCraft This is when you switch to Linux. If anyone reading this doesn't know what distro to use, go to distrochooser.de

   • LumiWorx (lumiworx@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 04:44:09 JST LumiWorx

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     @nixCraft ... I have one PC loaded with 11 as a sort of testbed device.

     After reading about this last night, I ordered new SSD's and it will absolutely have a fresh Linux install by the weekend.

   • karamazov1879 (karamazov1879@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 04:52:37 JST karamazov1879

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     @nixCraft What are some good user friendly alternatives?

   • Henri Verymetaldev (verymetalsite@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 05:14:39 JST Henri Verymetaldev

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     @nixCraft I stole this toot - on Fedora.

   • sheislaurence (sheislaurence@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 05:20:17 JST sheislaurence

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     @nixCraft can one of you IT managers or related explain to me whether Recall is baked in #Windows11 per se, or whether it is dependent only on #Copilot+ being enabled? I am confused by this from @theverge "Security researchers initially found that the #Recall database wasn’t encrypted. #Microsoft is now making the AI-powered feature an opt-in experience instead of on by default, encrypting the database, and authenticating through Windows Hello." https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/2/24233992/microsoft-recall-windows-11-uninstall-feature-bug

   • xs4me2 (xs4me2@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 05:26:42 JST xs4me2

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     @nixCraft

     It’s unbelievable…

   • Daniel Marks (profdc9@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 06:20:46 JST Daniel Marks

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     @nixCraft

   • MegatronicThronBanks (megatronicthronbanks@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 07:26:14 JST MegatronicThronBanks

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     @nixCraft I'm just presuming Winaero Tweaker will have a way to cripple it. I need to give that crew some money.

   • MegatronicThronBanks (megatronicthronbanks@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 08:10:46 JST MegatronicThronBanks

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     @nixCraft

     This guy will probably include a Recall remover sooner or later. Winaero Tweaker so far does not seem to have one, but probably will too.

     I'm just freezing my Windows partitions at Win 10 Pro and not letting them 11 themselves.

     https://christitustech.github.io/winutil/devdocs/

   • Yuki Linux (eliteamdgamer@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 09:01:59 JST Yuki Linux

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     @nixCraft I feel this is something that should be on the news for those who arn't technical and on all there social media in the true dystopian light it deserves.

   • Jeff Hobbs (jeffehobbs@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 09:34:26 JST Jeff Hobbs

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     @nixCraft This is kind of deceptive language, no? It can be disabled. That's functionally equivalent?

   • Idaho buckeye (idahobucks@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 09:56:42 JST Idaho buckeye

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     @nixCraft no one should be moving to the new Windows OS. It is essentially the US government and mass surveillance. Linux is not that hard anymore.

   • Radio Azureus (radioazureus@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Sep-2024 04:23:03 JST Radio Azureus

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     • R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:

     @nixCraft just recall win64 with #fdisk or #gparted after dataBQ then choose a #POSIX #OS

     @RL_Dane