I've been using #Linux as my primary OS since the 90s, so I've really not been paying attention to Microsoft. Can anyone explain to me how it is they're trying to spin #Recall as a good thing?
To boss: Recall can let you know what your employees did with your computer, it can also assist IT section in your company to figure what problems may occur and apply fixes as soon as possible, without undermining the productivity
@MJ :blobfoxcomputer: Someone else pointed out that the fastest way to get a company to stop using Windows would be for someone to file a wrongful dismissal suit and to subpoena their Windows Recall records in the suit.
Theoretically, if you're forgetful, ADHD, or multitask like crazy, you can use Recall as a memory supplement. Whatever you were working on, your computer remembers so that you can view it later. Additionally, it runs everything you do through an AI that tries to guess what you want to be doing next so it can suggest it to you. That's supposedly going to help you work more efficiently.
Of course if Microsoft's AI is as, erm, poorly behaved as pretty much every other AI, I would guess the suggestion quality is probably going to be less-than-ideal. There's also of course the privacy concerns, and security and legal liabilities.
If they had forgone the AI bit, released it as an open-source project, made it an opt-in application that you have to intentionally install, and implemented some actually good security, Recall might have actually been quite handy. The concept has merit, it's just the implementation is horribly flawed and a massive liability. They might still be able to redeem it somewhat if they open-source it and make the security better (i.e., *actually* encrypt the database and require the user to provide their password to decrypt it before viewing it), but I don't find that too likely to happen.
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•@MJ :blobfoxcomputer: Someone else pointed out that the fastest way to get a company to stop using Windows would be for someone to file a wrongful dismissal suit and to subpoena their Windows Recall records in the suit.
It cuts both ways.
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•Theoretically, if you're forgetful, ADHD, or multitask like crazy, you can use Recall as a memory supplement. Whatever you were working on, your computer remembers so that you can view it later. Additionally, it runs everything you do through an AI that tries to guess what you want to be doing next so it can suggest it to you. That's supposedly going to help you work more efficiently.
Of course if Microsoft's AI is as, erm, poorly behaved as pretty much every other AI, I would guess the suggestion quality is probably going to be less-than-ideal. There's also of course the privacy concerns, and security and legal liabilities.
If they had forgone the AI bit, released it as an open-source project, made it an opt-in application that you have to intentionally install, and implemented some actually good security, Recall might have actually been quite handy. The concept has merit, it's just the implementation is horribly flawed and a massive liability. They might still be able to redeem it somewhat if they open-source it and make the security better (i.e., *actually* encrypt the database and require the user to provide their password to decrypt it before viewing it), but I don't find that too likely to happen.
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