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"Microsoft’s Recall feature recently made its way back to Windows Insiders after having been pulled from test builds back in June, due to security and privacy concerns. The new version of Recall encrypts the screens it captures and, by default, it has a “Filter sensitive information,” setting enabled, which is supposed to prevent it from recording any app or website that is showing credit card numbers, social security numbers, or other important financial / personal info. In my tests, however, this filter only worked in some situations (on two e-commerce sites), leaving a gaping hole in the protection it promises.

When I entered a credit card number and a random username / password into a Windows Notepad window, Recall captured it, despite the fact that I had text such as “Capital One Visa” right next to the numbers. Similarly, when I filled out a loan application PDF in Microsoft Edge, entering a social security number, name and DOB, Recall captured that. Note that all info in these screenshots is made up, but I also tested with an actual credit card number of mine and the results were the same."

#Microsoft #MicrosoftRecall #DataProtection #Privacy

tomshardware.com/software/wind

Tom's Hardware · Microsoft Recall screenshots credit cards and Social Security numbers, even with the "sensitive information" filter enabledBy Avram Piltch

#MicrosoftRecall screenshots #creditcards and #SocialSecurity numbers (#SSN), even with the "sensitive information" filter enabled
Despite promising to filter personal data out, #Microsoft #Recall still captures it. On the bright side, Recall refused to capture the credit card fields when I went to the payment pages of two online stores – Pimoroni and Adafruit. In both cases, it only captured either the screens before and after the credit card entry form or a blank form.
tomshardware.com/software/wind

Tom's Hardware · Microsoft Recall screenshots credit cards and Social Security numbers, even with the "sensitive information" filter enabledBy Avram Piltch
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@wchr solcher shice gehört als die verbotene #Stalkerware & #Spyware verboten die es ist.

Allein das Feilbieten jener Lösung sollte strafrechtlich verfolgt werden.

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@Some_Emo_Chick

#15 Hits pretty hard, especially in light of the recent #MicrosoftRecall debacle

#InfoSec nerds might want to check this out, while they're thinking about their life choices for (at least) the next 4 years

- 15 Remember. “If they try to normalize, let us try to denormalize. Let us hold on to facts, truths, values, norms, arrangements that are going to be under siege. Let us not forget what happened and why.”
- Writer Rebecca Solnit

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth worldBy Carole Cadwalladr

Just out of curiousity, for those who switched from Windows to Linux (either from Microsoft Recall or from CrowdStrike), who has stayed with Linux or who has moved back to Linux? And regardless of your decision, why? (if you feel comfortable sharing!)