A new Windows 11 feature could become a nightmare. Applies to everyone
Microsoft has just announced new Copilot+ features in Windows 11. The first one is Recall. This function is very useful, but its implementation may become quite a nightmare when it comes to our security and privacy.
Recall, i.e. “Recall immediately” from Windows 11
There's nothing more frustrating than finding something you know you've seen before on your computer, but you can't seem to locate it again. You should keep your folders in perfect order and remember exactly the name of the folder where the file you are looking for is located. Possible? In most cases, not feasible. It is impossible to remember the location of all files, website names and scroll through hundreds of emails with attachments.
Windows 11 has found a miracle cure for this need to find the file you need. Thanks to the Recall function, we can easily gain virtual access to what we saw on our desktop. It's a kind of photographic memory.
Copilot+ computers, just like people, store information in memory based on relationships and associations. They will help us keep information organized and remember things that have slipped our minds. Thanks to Recall, we will use the remembered tips and find what we are looking for quickly and intuitively.
We can scroll through the timeline as much as we want to find what we're looking for. This works in any application, website, or document. The user can always go back to the place he was previously, regardless of the type of file he is looking for. Whether it's an email from your boss or a specific chat in Teams.
Recall – is it completely safe? Questions have arisen
Recall uses your personal semantic index, built and stored entirely on your device.
– argues Yusuf Mehdi from Microsoft.
This means that all snapshots belong to the user, he can manage them however he likes – scroll, delete, adjust as needed. It can also pause icons in the system tray, located on the taskbar, at any time. Microsoft ensures that the user has full control over privacy. The company also states that absolutely no data will be sent to their servers. So how will this data be secured locally on Windows 11 devices? If someone unauthorized gains access to the device, will the system be able to regain access to the data? What about analyzing sensitive data that should be sent for offline analysis? Such questions appeared immediately after the news was announced. Microsoft will certainly address them soon.
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