Speaking at Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft’s chief research scientist Jaime Teevan defended the privacy of Windows 11 Recall, stating that the AI feature operates locally with no data stored in the cloud. She also responded to the news about the privacy and safety concerns of the Windows Recall.
Recall is a new feature that ships with Snapdragon X-powered PCs. It records everything to make your past activities ‘searchable’. For instance, if you were working on a project and had a discussion with a friend but couldn’t remember the details or where it took place, you can utilize Microsoft’s built-in AI to recall that moment.
Windows Latest tested the feature at the Build 2024 developed conference, where we noticed that Recall takes screenshots of your screen every five seconds. While Microsoft allows you to backlist apps and websites from Recall recording, the company has warned Recall can capture your passwords and sensitive information.
According to Microsoft’s support documentation, that’s because the AI extracts the texts from the images and does not perform content moderation.
The real problem with Recall privacy is that it captures everything and creates a database, which is stored locally and can be accessed with little effort.
According to Kevin Beaumont, who formerly worked at Microsoft, Windows 11 uses Azure AI, running natively on the device, to automatically extract OCR data from every screenshot.
The OCR data, which could include your passwords, is reportedly stored in an…
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