Microsoft held off on releasing the privacy-unfriendly feature after a swell of pushback last year. Now itβs trying again, with a few improvements that skeptics say still aren't enough.
After weeks of withering criticism and exposed security flaws, Microsoft has vastly scaled back its ambitions for Recall, its AI-enabled silent recording feature, and added new privacy features.
Windows Recall takes a screenshot every five seconds. Cybersecurity researchers say the system is simple to abuseβand one ethical hacker has already built a tool to show how easy it really is.