September 27, 2024 at 02:01PM
Microsoft has upgraded its AI-powered Windows Recall feature to enhance security and privacy. The feature, always opt-in, encrypts and filters sensitive content. It now offers stronger default protection for user data, isolation of services, and intentional use, assuring users complete control over their data. Recall will be available for preview with Windows Insiders in October.
Based on the meeting notes, the key takeaways are:
– Microsoft has announced security and privacy upgrades to its AI-powered Windows Recall feature in response to customer pushback regarding stronger default data privacy and security protections.
– The Recall feature, which takes screenshots of active windows on the PC, now includes enhanced security and privacy controls, such as always being opt-in, automatically filtering sensitive content, and providing the ability for users to remove Recall entirely.
– Additionally, Recall now comes with a sensitive information filter to protect confidential data, and it operates on four core principles: user control, encryption of sensitive data, isolation of services, and intentional use.
– The Recall security architecture includes encryption of snapshots and associated data, with encryption keys protected by the device’s Trusted Platform Module (TPM), and it requires authentication using Windows Hello credentials.
– Recall does not share snapshots or data with Microsoft or third parties, and it has malware protection features such as rate-limiting and anti-hammering measures.
– Microsoft announced that Recall will start rolling out to Insiders with Copilot+ PCs in October.
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