A few words about the new Microsoft Recall #privacy busting feature. People on Mastodon probably know about it already, but still — WTF? Just store everything in a local database that seems to be insecure even before release? #windows#microsoft#ai
#Windows' upcoming #Recall feature is enabled by default btw in the OOBE setup and CANNOT be disabled directly - you will need to disable it in the Settings app instead, afterwards.
I don't know if you'd trust #Microsoft to actually respect that setting either, wouldn't be the first and only setting on Windows that doesn't actually do anything you'd want it to (or not to) do.
OH and also - Microsoft stores all the Recall data in an #SQLite database in plaintext, so you KNOW it's secure and definitely not easy to steal away from you by anyone that gains physical or remote access to your device <3
I'm finally caught up on the Microsoft Recall feature coming to Windows 11, and my very first question is who even wants this?
Who has sat there and went "oh yeah, I forgot what I was doing 5 mins ago on my pc and I absolutely cannot spend a few mins thinking about it or pressing the back button to remember" ???
I see posts calling for folks to write/email/call/smoke signal/wire/semaphore their representatives about the security fuckery of Windows Recall.
I'm more of an "act locally" guy. Email your place of employment's heads of legal and IT stating your concerns, and send them this article. Hell, throw in your local schoolboards and universities to boot.
@itsfoss From the article: "That is where the problem lies, Microsoft is banking on the encryption already present on a user's device, and is of the belief that a malicious actor would need physical access to a user's device to compromise Recall data."
So, if you livewithan abuser you better not try to browse the net for help, you're fucked.
What the actual fuck Microsoft, what the actual fuck.
The mass exodus from #Windows to #Linux (and #Mac) due to #Windows11 and #AI continues. More and more articles, more and more youtube videos about it, or posts on forums. People are switching. If it continues like that, Linux should have 10% desktop marketshare by the end of the decade (and yes, that's a lot).
@timonsku There's the actual statcounter source, however what I'm reporting here is an obvious trend that is visible if you search a bit on youtube, reddit, on various forums. The amounts of users switching has increased, and it has kind of taken a world of its own since last week, after MS' AI announcement.
Sempre nell'ottica di voler passare a linux, anche se chissà quando, mi domando: come siamo messi con la questione antivirus, firewall?
Recentemente ho letto diversi messaggi che sollevavano la questione dicendo che più persone passeranno a linux e più questo diverrà suscettibile di attacchi e che al momento non ci sono ancora strumenti di protezione adeguati.
Al netto delle questioni su Recall/Copilot, che ne pensate di queste critiche?
Anni fa configurai una macchina per un albergo in modo tipo kiosk, con FVWM e DUE bottoni sul desktop, "INTERNET" e "ESCI".
La macchina era aperta sul web perché serviva la cam dell'hotel.
Il proprietario dell'hotel, a fronte delle lamentele dei clienti che le pw erano troppo difficili, cercò istruzioni in rete per creare l'utente "ospite" con pw "ospite".
Poi si lamentò che gli avevano bucato la macchina.
@SparkIT A livello firewall credo che iptables esista da quando è nato GNU/Linux :D
Comunque iptables, firewalld, ufw (questi ultimi una sorta di frontend semplificati di iptables), come antivirus da secoli c'è ClamAV, chkrootkit, rkhunter, maldet. Di tool ce ne sono, virus nel senso canonico del termine per GNU/Linux al momento son pochi e i tool che ci sono bastano e avanzano per essere abbastanza tranquilli, intrinsecamente Gnu/Linux è più difficilmente attaccabile, il problema di per se è sempre l'utente che lo utilizza. Poi c'è sempre l'assunto che l'unico computer sicuro è quello spento, staccato dalla corrente, messo in una cassaforte e sepolto sotto 30 mt di terra in un fondale sottomarino.
Bonkers how you can't 3 finger tap an item/link to open it in a new tab on #macOS like you could on #Linux (and #Windows, probably). #Apple forums I was looking into this on all starts with a simple, civilised question and quickly drags into a messy garbage of Apple extremists saying you're stupid for wanting that simple way of opening stuffs in a new tab when you can just either 1) Cmd + Click, 2) 2 finger tap + Open new tab, or 3) Get a mouse - as if those are the same things, when the answer should've been really, "you couldn't".
@adamsdesk I'm on Ventura still and holding off on updating to Sonoma since I've seen quite frequent reports on here of things I need being broken on Sonoma, but seems like a good option when I do upgrade. Thank you!
It just clicked in my brain. What I haven't been able to articulate about why I'm so anxious about #Windows Recall. I'm sure others have already gotten to where I am.
It's worse than "a system that tracks everything you do" and stores that info in a basic database that could be easily compromised.
It's worse than a nanny surveillance tool for companies to spy on their employees.
It's inescapable.
It doesn't matter if I make a dozen "how to disable recall" tutorials. The second YOUR data shows up on someone ELSE'S screen, it's in THEIR recall database.
It won't matter if you're a master #security expert specialist. You can't account for EVERY other computer you've ever interacted with. If a family member looks up an old email with your personal data in it, your data is now at risk.
If THEIR system is compromised YOUR data is at risk.
I just went from "vague feeling of unease" to "actively writing templates to canvas elected officials, regulators, and attorneys general."
First time using freshly installed #Windows, installing a few bits like an OK browser and some games. Password typed at least 20 times. Three reboots. Settings accessed four times. Seven meaningless notifications dismissed (plus more in launchers like Epic and Steam). The only thing installed via the Microsoft Store throws a system error instead of loading, and there's no "uninstall" button in the store.
But do please tell me more about how difficult #Linux is.