Microsoft’s Recall on the new Copilot+ PCs is quite impressive:

Now with Recall, you can access virtually what you have seen or done on your PC in a way that feels like having photographic memory.

There are obvious trade-offs using this if someone gets access to your computer, but I’d be comfortable with it if there are enough settings. For example, maybe I only want the recall to go back one week, not months.

@rmdes They say it's all stored on device and encrypted for your Windows profile. So, probably as secure as it can be.

@manton “Obvious tradeoffs” seems to be a vast understatement. There is no way this will not be abused on a large scale.

@manton Imagine the scale of tracking and training they can get with this. Windows is already infested with tracking, this is next level.

@mcg It is a little scary. Needs lots of guardrails.

@manton And MS is known for not having them.

@manton I’m not a fan of this. Especially given this is coming from the company who is well known for not letting users change settings if it doesn’t suit Microsoft.

I say this being a Microsoft fan and building a career on their software. I’m weary of all their Copilot AI cruft.