Comment on Microsoft’s Recall feature is still threat to privacy despite recent tweaks

• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  • if you send plaintext, their email service could spy on them
  • once they decrypt, they could accidentally reply with the decryped text, or it could get backed up if they store a copy somewhere
  • screen readers could store decrypted email

  In general, if you don’t trust the receiver, you shouldn’t send sensitive information. Windows Recall doesn’t change that, if they’re competent, Windows Recall won’t be enabled.

  I think this is more an issue for less technical users instead of activists, because activists will be more careful about who they trust than a secretary or something for a powerful individual.

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