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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 09:38:16 JST Paul Cantrell

   Windows Recall…just…good god.

   The phrase “Microsoft jumped the shark” just doesn’t feel strong enough. Can we say Microsoft fucked the shark?

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 09:42:53 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • evacide

     I mean…when I first heard about it, I thought, “Maybe these screenshots of everything you ever do on your machine are immediately digested into some AI training pure, and because of that they’re claiming details aren’t recoverable,” and I was ready to be all skeptical of that…

     …but then they just come out and say no, they’re just there for anybody with physical access to the machine, and…idioms fail me.

     From @evacide:
     https://hachyderm.io/@evacide/112481894385686328

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     capraobscura (capraobscura@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 09:43:35 JST capraobscura

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     • evacide

     @inthehands @evacide Microsoft Bob'd the shark.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 09:50:45 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • (((Thinkaholic))) is antifa

     @pooserville …and then they took the pooch out to a gravel pit and shot it. And missed. And blew off their own toe.

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     (((Thinkaholic))) is antifa (pooserville@dice.camp)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 09:50:46 JST (((Thinkaholic))) is antifa

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     @inthehands Microsoft didn't just screw the pooch, they flew to Vegas with it and got married in a wedding chapel, officiated by an Elvis impersonator.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 10:11:33 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Shannon Clark

     I mean, yes, all this from @Rycaut:
     https://mastodon.social/@Rycaut/112482007678699856

     Who wants this? Who asked for it?? How on earth did this ever see the light of day?!

     Is there any plausible explanation for this other than “Microsoft no longer customers, it only serves investors — and the investors are idiots?” What am I missing?

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     Stu (tehstu@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 10:14:48 JST Stu

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     • Shannon Clark

     @inthehands @Rycaut "I want a killer AI app suggestion on my desk by Monday morning"

     - email from Microsoft VP of Making Sure People Buy New PCs

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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     capraobscura (capraobscura@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 10:16:48 JST capraobscura

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     • Shannon Clark

     @inthehands @Rycaut But yeah, there's another plausible explanation. All of these images may be stored locally but that doesn't mean they won't also be running services that scrape the images, catalog the relevant information, and send it straight to MS so they can immediately sell it on to the advertisers.

     Because we can't fucking escape ads, now can we?

     If this isn't the clearest indicator that these fucks need to be brought to heel I don't know what is.

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     Gen X-Wing (breadbin@bitbang.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 10:46:08 JST Gen X-Wing

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     @inthehands Funny you should say that, because the first I thought I had was that if it’s combined with voice commands, there are going to be a lot of people say “show me that porn I watched” near other people’s computers…

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 10:46:08 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Gen X-Wing

     @breadbin
     Yeah. And that’s honestly one of the most benign of the threat scenarios I can imagine.

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     DistantStone (distantstone@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 12:43:45 JST DistantStone

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     • Shannon Clark

     @tehstu @inthehands @Rycaut

     "So I keep hearing about Tesla recall and Boeing recall. We're behind the curve here, we need Windows Recall."

     "But ..."

     "But but but! Whatever it is they've got, we need it! Windows Recall, give us a Windows Recall, er, stat!"

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 13:44:00 JST Paul Cantrell

     • datarama

     @datarama
     And yet somehow is also The Fonz on water skis

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     Tormod Halvorsen (airwhale@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 22:11:44 JST Tormod Halvorsen

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     • Shannon Clark

     @inthehands @Rycaut

     I have been hearing about this type of service being in the works for years. The “productivity pundits” have been discussing it quite a bit on their podcasts, so yeah... someone was thinking to basically record everything into a massive “browser history” equivalent for your life.

     They also mentioned wearing body cams to take photos with a similar frequency, so maybe that Humane AI pin will get a second life as your personal surveillance cam :)

     #Microsoft #Recall

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 22:11:44 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Tormod Halvorsen

     @airwhale
     Aha, that is useful context!