Microsoft: Recall AI feature that captures screenshots on new computers will be turned off by default
This function intercepts the user screen every 5 seconds and records user screen actions.
Enables users to review past operations like a query for memory. But this feature has raised concerns among cybersecurity experts, who believe that hackers may gain access to user information.
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Pavan Davuluri-Vice President, Windows + Devices
Release date: June 7, 2024
Today, we will be sharing updates to the Recall feature for Copilot+ PC, including more information about the setup experience, privacy controls, and other details about our security methods.
On May 20, Copilot+ PC was launched, the fastest and smartest Windows PC ever built. Copilot+ PC has been redesigned from the inside out to provide better performance and a new AI experience that helps increase productivity, creativity and communicate more effectively. Recall is one of the new experiences unique to Copilot+ PC, a new way to instantly find content you have seen before on your PC. To create a visual timeline that can be explored, Recall regularly takes snapshots of what is displayed on the screen. These images are encrypted, stored and analyzed locally, and artificial intelligence features on the device are used to understand their context. After signing in to your Copilot+ PC, you can use Recall to easily and intuitively trace your steps, looking for content from apps, websites, images and documents you have seen, just like your own virtual and completely private “photo memory.” You always control what you save. You can disable saving snapshots, temporarily pause, filter applications, and delete snapshots at any time.
As artificial intelligence becomes more common, Windows is being rebuilt to provide customers and developers with more options to leverage the local processing power of the device enabled by the cloud and neural processing units (NPU). This distributed computing model provides options for privacy and security. All of this work will continue to be guided by our Safe Future Initiative (SFI).
Driven by the team’s unremitting desire to empower people through the transformative potential of artificial intelligence, we saw the great utility of Recall and the problems it can solve. We also know that in order for people to get the full value from experiences such as Recall, they must trust it. That’s why we’re launching a preview of Recall on Copilot+ PC-giving customers the option of using the feature early and giving us the opportunity to learn about the types of real-world scenarios that customers and the Windows community find the most useful.
Listen to customer feedback and take action
Even before Recall was offered to customers, a clear signal was heard: it would make it easier for people to choose to enable Recall on their Copilot+ PCs and improve privacy and security. With this in mind, we announced that the update will take effect before the Recall (preview version) is delivered to customers on June 18.
First, the Copilot+ PC setup experience is being updated so that people can have a clearer choice to use Recall to save snapshots. If you do not actively choose to turn it on, it will turn off by default.
Secondly, you need to register Windows Hello to enable Recall. In addition, proof of presence is required to view your timeline and search in Recall.
Third, additional layers of data protection have been added, including “just-in-time” decryption protected by Windows Hello Enhanced Login Security (ESS), so Recall snapshots are decrypted and accessed only when the user authenticates. In addition, we also encrypted the search index database.
Safe by design, safe by default
In accordance with Microsoft’s SFI principles, we are taking steps to strengthen data protection before releasing the Recall preview to customers. Copilot+ PC will launch via “just-in-time” decryption protected by Windows Hello Enhanced Login Security (ESS), so Recall snapshots will only be decrypted and accessed when the user authenticates. This provides an additional layer of protection for Recall data in addition to other default enabled Window security features such as SmartScreen and Defender, which use advanced AI technology to help prevent malware from accessing data such as Recall.
We also know that the best way to protect information security on a PC is to protect the entire PC itself. We want to strengthen what David Weston, vice president of enterprise and operating system security, previously shared about how Copilot+ PCs are designed to be secure by default, and share more details about our security approach.
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Original text:https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2024/06/07/update-on-the-recall-preview-feature-for-copilot-pcs/
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