If you thought that Microsoft was done with Recall after its catastrophic reveal as the main feature of Copilot+ PCs, you are mistaken.
Microsoft wants to bring it back this October 2024. Good news is that the company plans to introduce it in test builds of the Windows 11 operating system in October. In other words: do not expect the feature to hit stable Windows 11 PCs before 2025 at the earliest.
While Recall may have sounded great on paper and on work-related PCs, users and experts alike expressed concern. Users expressed fears that malware could steal Recall data to know exactly what they did in the past couple of months.
Others did not trust Microsoft to keep the data secure. We suggested to make Recall opt-in, instead of opt-out, to make sure that users knew what they were getting into when enabling it.
Microsoft pulled the Recall feature shortly after its announcement and published information about its future in June. There, Microsoft said that it would make Recall opt-in by default. It also wanted to improve security by enrolling in Windows Hello and other features.
dinckelman@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yet another reminder that alternatives, where your privacy is not for sale, and your hardware belongs to you, actually exist in 2024
solsangraal@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
it’s for corporations to deploy on all their worker drones’ workstations
Boozilla@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I wish they would do a much better job of distinguishing corporate workstation versions of Windows and Home versions of Windows. Put all this MS ecosystem garbage on the workstation version, and make the Home version a stripped down to the essentials OS. Which is what most of us try to do with tools like ShutUp10, anyway.
SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
How long before there’s a discovery request for all recall data for a time period and companies start screaming about the risks with recall?
GenXLiberal@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Agreed - if I were evil, I would use this data to look for long periods of static/unchanging desktop screenshots to look for inactivity and employees lying about being there or away.
Honestly this is just an arms race. If the above happens (and if I can come up with that use case think about what will come up when someone actually smart thinks about it.)
The response? I’d make a tool that presses alt-tab every 15 seconds a random number of times - to both keep the computer alive and change the desktop view, maybe move the windows around a bit for variety. A usb rubber ducky would be perfect for this.
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Remember folks, a tool that you control serves your interests. But if someone else controls it, they serve their own.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 2 months ago
That’s a really good summary of the degradation of software throughout time and the path to recreate software for the people. Thanks for sharing.
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What do you recommend?
Supermariofan67@programming.dev 2 months ago
Framework
Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Elementary is a very polished and user friendly linux distribution designed to familiar to MacOS users.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 2 months ago
Any decent laptop for hardware. ElementaryOS for the OS, if you really want the look/feel of macos.
mrvictory1@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Ubuntu or Pop OS use GNOME by default which is similar to macOS
billiam0202@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Zorin is a Ubuntu-derived distro that has multiple desktop managers built in, including one that mimics macOS.
areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 2 months ago
A lot of the laptops made by Huawei and Xiaomi are MacBook-like in design at least. Framework is much more repairable though as are business laptops from HP or Dell. Dell in particular has made some quite long battery life laptops in the past like the Latitude 7410 and 7400, though those aren’t particularly new they are at least cheap when bought second hand.
In terms of OS you got to go with some Linux flavor as they offer various DEs some of which are mac like. Obviously macOS and Linux terminals are somewhat similar anyway.
StopJoiningWars@discuss.online 2 months ago
Not until Linux comes pre-deployed on gaming laptops for sale. That’s my market.
Before you ask, I don’t have the know-how to boot into Linux, and I need the portability of a laptop. As well as enjoying gaming to an extent. Pretty niche.
Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
We already have the Steam deck, and SteamOS just got official support for third-party hardware. I don’t think it will take that long until we see gaming laptops or mini PCs preloaded with SteamOS.