For those who aren’t aware, Microsoft have decided to bake essentially an infostealer into base Windows OS and enable by default.
From the Microsoft FAQ: “Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers."
Info is stored locally - but rather than something like Redline stealing your local browser password vault, now they can just steal the last 3 months of everything you’ve typed and viewed in one database.
@robert@GossiTheDog much better. Pick a mainstream distro(Ubuntu, Fedora) and GUI (KDE, GNOME) and will work on just about any popular hardware (dell,lenovo). Companies like @frameworkcomputer will even sell you very good, supported by them, hardest
So farewell, horrible reactionary god-botherer, scion of the Death Committee and enthusiastic torturer, maimer, rapist and murderer of women who wanted human rights.
the inverse of "make sure you have working backups of what's important" is "give yourself permission to delete digital detritus that no longer has any value to your life"
you do not need every email you've received for the last decade.
you do not need three copies of every photo you've ever taken with your phone.
you do not need the downloads folder for each of your previous twelve laptops.
Hoping Ncuti Gatwa can display more than his usual two expressions tonight. The serious Masters Of The Air one and the open mouthed blank Doctor Who one. Steven Moffat should give him something better to get his teeth into than Snot Babies and Doctor Glee.
Good morning my mastodonian friends, it's Saturday!
Right, taking the youngest swimming in an hour, then I plan on using the rest of the day to build my Lego ECTO1.
No Letterboxd Friday from me as the recent activity includes film entries you've tinkered with. I've spent the last week getting my profile up to date with all my reviews.
Also, my blog received new reviews of Titan A.E., Rebel Moon: The Scargiver and Beowulf & Grendel. Perhaps something to accompany your morning coffee. 😊
Today, this striking image appeared: the Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange (I-105 × I-110), a five-level interchange (the most complex in Los Angeles). Photo by David Ortega.