Kevin Beaumont
Brad Smith just said Recall was designed to be disabled by default. That is not true. Microsoft’s own documentation said it would be enabled by default - they only backtracked after outcry.
He has somehow got almost every detail about Recall wrong while testifying.
ερμητικός (HERMETICVM)
@GossiTheDog and you still believe that this is just corporate hubris and old people with bad memory in charge that brought this upon us?
Kevin Beaumont
I've been back and rewatched the Recall footage at the US House hearing and I just don't get it, Brad Smith representing Microsoft basically did this about Recall's security.. he had no challenge from the Senators as they didn't know any details.
Kevin Beaumont
I’m being told Microsoft are prepping to fully recall Recall. Another announcement is being prepped for tomorrow afternoon saying the feature will not ship on Copilot+ devices at launch as it is not secure.
Kevin Beaumont
Obviously, I’ll wait to see the announcement but it sounds like they’ve finally realised they need to take the time and get the feature right (and frankly consider the target audience - most home users, it ain’t).
They should have announced this before or during the US House hearing.
Chester Wisniewski
@GossiTheDog This whole thing feels like a desperate ploy to explain to people why they should throw out their PCs to get a new one with an "NPU". Don't want, don't need. They have to include something that "requires" it, even though as already proven, it isn't even needed for this.
Kevin Beaumont
Announcement is out. Good on Microsoft for finally reaching a sane conclusion.
- Recall won’t ship as a feature at launch on Copilot+ PCs any more.
- Won’t be available in Insider preview channel at launch, as it was pulled.
When it does appear in preview channels, privacy and security researchers need to keep a close eye on what Microsoft are doing with the feature.
Microsoft tried developing this feature in secret in a way which tried to avoid scrutiny. Thank you to everyone who stood up.
Kevin Beaumont
If anybody is wondering, Microsoft moved the announcement up as I scooped them 🤣
Thank you to everyone who helped out with this one, there was no way something that constantly OCR’d the screen being implemented so poorly was acceptable but Microsoft really, really dug their heels in.
Photographic memory of everything you’ve ever done on a computer has to be entirely optional, with risks explained and be done right.. or not at all. Accountability matters.
Microsoft, be better.
Avitus
@GossiTheDog They'll just sneak it into an update in six months. They're not open-source so nobody will know until it's too late.
System Adminihater
@GossiTheDog What was the point of the feature to begin with?
Robert Kist 🇦🇹 🇸🇬
@GossiTheDog translation: "we'll delay a bit and quietly re-launch Recall when everyone forgot about the current brou-ha-ha"
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