Alaknar
@Alaknar@sopuli.xyz
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 1 day ago:
The lock is there. The whole thing is encrypted.
If they somehow go through encryption, they won’t just have the EU on their arses, governments of the entire world will be after them, because they trust that this encryption system makes their data secure.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 2 days ago:
But, you can’t disable Recall, that’s the point…
Well… Technically you’re correct - because the feature is not out yet.
No idea WTF you people are reading here, but for a “Technology” community, the comments here are just plain ridiculous…
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 3 days ago:
Again: if they did that, the EU’s GDPR would eat them alive.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 3 days ago:
LOL, this is hilarious :D
Imagine believing they can sneak gigabytes of network traffic without anyone noticing just because you can’t read the code! :D
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 3 days ago:
Grow up, mate. And check the calendar.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 3 days ago:
So you still think it’s 1990. Got it. Well, times have changed. We have better oversight. The EU has GDPR, user data is better protected. If they tried to pull off a “heist” and suddenly start grabbing these screenshots from users, the fine from EU would be historical.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 3 days ago:
Until a windows update kicks in and somehow turns it on for the world.
I don’t know if this is a regional thing, but I’ve been using Windows since 3.11 and have NEVER had ONE instance of an update randomly turning on something that I’ve turned off before.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 3 days ago:
Windows, an OS that is spyware and no one should use
Of, ffs, grow up.
An example of Windows being spyware not standard telemetry is the Recall feature. A feature that doesn’t just tell you how the OS is used but actually takes screenshots every few seconds
You have no clue what you’re talking about, do you?
Recall only works on devices with an NPU. Do you know why? Because it runs locally. It’s got NOTHING to do with telemetry, because it does NOT send data to Microsoft.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 3 days ago:
Are you a tech-illiterate person?
If not, explain how is it malicious.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 3 days ago:
“Look at this fossil thinking it’s still 1990”, I guess?
Mate, did you miss how 30 years have passed? How the world change? Can you even begin to imagine the fine the EU would slap without a second thought on MS if they tried pulling something like suddenly grabbing these screenshots from users’ devices?
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 3 days ago:
Then don’t enable it.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 3 days ago:
I don’t. I read tech specs and security analyses. You just stick your head in the sand whenever someone says “Microsoft”, though. It’s silly.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 3 days ago:
Right. So you’re all panicking just in case.
That’s what’s being swept under the rug as “alarmists being loud”.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 3 days ago:
What are you talking about now?
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 3 days ago:
That is your data they are taking to make money off of without your consent
I mean… They’re a for-profit company, so literally anything they do is to make money.
But it’s not “my data”, it’s anonymous. The “engagement” info is in relation to features. That’s why some features are removed - because nobody uses them. Or rather: not enough people use them to warrant maintenance.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 3 days ago:
However regarding Windows telemetry it’s indistinguishable from spyware - you have no idea nor control over the data gathered, measured and processed
Ah, so you’re another one of those fear-mongers?
Here’s the Required Diagnostic Events Fields (required telemetry) documentation.
Keeping in mind that it’s anonymous - which parts of this are you so vehemently against sending to Microsoft?
That makes Windows telemetry fulfill all spyware criteria.
The shittiest spyware in history, I guess, considering it’s all anonymous…
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 3 days ago:
And how do you know it’s not malicious in nature?
Because I have a functioning brain.
I’d like to know what your definition of “malicious” is
Malware is designed to hurt you by extracting your personal information or resources.
Telemetry is designed to give developers feedback about product/functionality usage and is anonymous.
you’re just fine with letting a Corpo run system look at everything you’re doing.
I’m not, and it’s not. Unlike you, I actually checked what data telemetry gathers and I’m perfectly fine with it. It’s inconsequential and anonymous.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 3 days ago:
If it does that, outrage will be understandable.
Getting outraged about something they said will be 100% optional and hasn’t even released yet is just childish.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 3 days ago:
So you’re saying you haven’t bothered to read about Recall at all, you just assumed it’s going to be enabled by default?
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 3 days ago:
Recall sits in a secure vault behind BitLocker encryption secured with Windows Hello.
BitLocker+Windows Hello gets broken through, the world has a much larger problem than some screenshots, because that’s the foundation of, like, 80% of enterprise security.
If you’re afraid that an attacker sits on your PC and just waits for you to unlock the vault, then you already have the PC breached to the point where they don’t have to do that, they already have access to everything else.
If you’re afraid of the feature in anyway, don’t use it.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 4 days ago:
I don’t know, maybe because I understand the definition of “spyware” and “telemetry”?
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 4 days ago:
Honestly it largely is.
I mean, by definition, it isn’t.
It’s anonymous and not malicious in nature. It’s a diagnostic and engagement measuring tool.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 4 days ago:
It’s not, but it’s also not spyware - it’s local, encrypted, AND optional.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 4 days ago:
Well, you certainly need to be in a specific state of mind for this to make any sense…
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 4 days ago:
It’s actually super simple: even though the community is called “Technology”, there’s A LOT of tech-illiterate fear mongering going on here. People behave like Microsoft is trying to spy on them, seemingly oblivious to the fact that Recall is:
- only available on devices with an NPU.
- local only, nothing goes out to the Internet (hence the NPU requirement).
- opt-in - you need to turn it on yourself.
There’s nothing malicious about it. Functionality is questionable, but acting like it’s malware is just showing ignorance.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 4 days ago:
So, you’re saying that browsing history, in literally any browser on the market, is a bug not a feature?
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 4 days ago:
“Just like Mozilla”.
Let’s compare.
Mozilla: installed a closed-source plugin once, and then apologised for it.
Brave CEO: actively supports homophobic organisations, donates money to them, injects affiliate links to stores, whenever given a microphone will say something bigoted and homophobic.
Yeah, it’s totally the same exact issue with both browsers!
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 4 days ago:
OK, you need to explain to me how tf does Linux block something that works only on Windows.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 4 days ago:
What feature?? Recall? That’s Windows 11-specific and hasn’t even launched yet??
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 4 days ago:
Do you consider any form of telemetry “spyware”?