Ask HN: How to avoid Windows Recall as a Linux user?
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I don't think there's much you can really do except to express your concerns to the people you correspond with.
This isn't a new problem: it's a problem with gmail, too. You and I can avoid using it directly, but it may well be that the people we want to send emails to are using it.
This isn't a new problem: it's a problem with gmail, too. You and I can avoid using it directly, but it may well be that the people we want to send emails to are using it.
Ask them not to use Windows I suppose. But once you’ve sent anything to anyone you never know what they’re doing with it anyway. They could be forwarding your messages, the messages could be stored on Google’s servers, they could screenshot them and send them to people, they could train an LLM on your vocabulary to impersonate you, etc.
“But once you’ve sent anything to anyone you never know what they’re doing with it anyway.”
True, but this is the beauty of trust. I decide to communicate one way or another with someone depending on the level of trust. Them deciding to break that trust is a risk I chose to take. However, I do not choose to communicate with Microsoft, whatsoever. Windows Recall is the most blatant piece of spyware ever; beyond comprehension how this is so normalized.
True, but this is the beauty of trust. I decide to communicate one way or another with someone depending on the level of trust. Them deciding to break that trust is a risk I chose to take. However, I do not choose to communicate with Microsoft, whatsoever. Windows Recall is the most blatant piece of spyware ever; beyond comprehension how this is so normalized.
What are ways to avoid this except for using obfuscated text?