This is veering off-topic from AI, but there is some mediocre new news on that Windows AI Recall feature that are not about the AI (that’s a small side feature and less interesting at this point of the saga): Microsoft has some thoughts about Windows Recall security • The Register Some of the new details may be of interest, if you have to use Windows (like, at work). No celebration needed but now they’ve finally included some basic security features (I mean, finally, after it took the whole userspace collectively saying “.. um, no, you forgot something”).
Two interesting notes that I recently read, related to this:
- Linux has kinda had similar, unprotected, feature for decades: bash history (have you pointed it to /dev/null and would you even know how to - and do you care? [no, it’s not the same, especially comparing the scale, but just as a reminder]), and
- We noticed because this is with our data devices, but no one seems to care about if it’s done with entertainment devices (btw. privacy and security alert, if you’re using a TV as a monitor for computer): Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second | New Scientist and [2409.06203] Watching TV with the Second-Party: A First Look at Automatic Content Recognition Tracking in Smart TVs