Remember the controversial Microsoft Windows AI app may still require safety work as per the test from the UK technology site, register,
The app, which takes the screenshot of everything you do on your PC so that you can find it later, is believed to prevent it from grabbing sensitive information like credit card number and password. However, the register team recently recalled and revealed that the filter actually fails “in many cases”.
A bumpy launch in Recall as it was declared as a new app for Copilot+ PC in summer of 2024. This safety was pulled back almost immediately due to concerns, such as capturing sensitive information.
The app released in release and repeatedly recalled, and even captured the credit card number in December 2024. It recently returned to Windows internal sources in April this year.
Microsoft claims that it is with still in preview mode Safe and private With a filter called “filter sensitive information” which is capable by default and is considered to prevent sensitive data from capturing.
Avram Piltch of the register used a Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Copilot Plus PC, enabled and entered into a variety of individual information. He credit the filter except for financial data, “some” passwords, and “most examples” of social security numbers.
However, he found that he remembers the screenshots of his bank’s home page and many screens show their balance and deposit. However, it excluded his account and routing numbers.
From there, Piltch conducted several trials to store information from some languages or from the page or in separate places on its computer and more, for their surprise, captured that information. In one example, he wrote a word dock in “My SS#” and was filtered, but when he turned it into SOC. # It was caught.
And in a case, a document with password was fully captured, especially dangerous because many people can still place their passwords in unsafe documents on their PCs (some we highly discourage that many best password managers are completely independent) even though they have not clearly labeled “my password”.
To be fair for Microsoft, the app is still in preview mode and is from October 2024. blog post It was said from November that the Microsoft teams are working to improve the efficiency of the security filter. However, the app is being pushed during the Windows onboarding process, so perhaps that preview mode should not be given as dull.
You have the option to stop capturing specific apps or websites. You have to go to the settings – privacy and security – remembrance and snapshot. From there you can blacklist things. You can block your browser, although it can be less useful, especially if you work outside Microsoft’s office ecosystem.
If you remember Windows about capturing your sensitive personal and financial data potentially, then there is an easy way to avoid this feature completely: a copilot+ PC is not available.
Windows recall is specially designed to work with laptops that use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor, so with one of the best laptops operated by Intel or AMD chip for their next upgrade, you will not need to worry about the possible security implications of this controversial facility.
Again, Microsoft may decide to remember Windows for good at some point, especially its lukewarm initial reception and safety and privacy issues have already faced.
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