There's a lot of FUD about Recall. Recall was always opt-in. Windows 11 24H2 installs the feature for everyone by default, in the same way Japanese might be installed for everyone by default. It's there, but not on until you opt in. If it detects a Copilot+ NPU in device manager, the update shows a full screen splash screen explaining Recall, with a No & Yes button. Spamming Spacebar/Enter doesn't do anything. You must tab or mouse to the Yes button, as there is no default. As for paranoia that Microsoft may one day switch you to Yes, or the idea that one ought to go further than saying No and uninstall the feature as well, I will leave those arguments to the youtubers. I understand folks distrust of Microsoft's dark pattern tactics, and the willies they get about AI watching their screen. Personally, I think you either have to trust a company at the kernel level to not abuse your Print Screen button, or stop using the company products entirely. Anything in-between doesn't make sense. You either have to take Microsoft at it's word or don't, because if they are lying about this then why would they stop there?
Yep this. Though I was relieved to see the hatred of this feature at our privacy certification team. They're seeing GDPR nightmares already. At least at our place this isn't going to happen any time soon.
But not all companies care about ethics of course.
