Microsoft has announced significant updates to its controversial Windows Recall artificial intelligence feature announced last May. Initially cited by security experts as a potential privacy concern, the feature has now been redesigned to give users more control and security.
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“I’m really excited to see how far we’ve come in our security architecture,” David Weston, Microsoft’s Vice President of Enterprise and Operating System Security, said in a recent interview, praising the new measures.
Windows Recall will now be turned off by default and users will be able to remove the feature completely if they wish. In addition, several layers of security have been added for users who want to use the feature. For example, access to Recall will only be possible through the Windows Hello sign-in method.
Perhaps the most important innovation is that Recall will run in a special secure environment called VBS Enclave. In this way, all data and transactions will be carried out in a protected area. “The only information that comes out of the VBS Enclave is the information the user requests when actively using Recall,” Microsoft said.
The Recall feature will only work on Copilot+ PCs for now and will start rolling out to Insider users in October. General users will be able to access this feature gradually after the test period.
These developments show that Microsoft is taking concerns about user privacy and data security seriously. However, some experts continued to criticize that these measures should have been implemented from the beginning.
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