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Stealing everything you’ve ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster. (doublepulsar.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Q. Is this really as harmful as you think?

A. Go to your parents house, your grandparents house etc and look at their Windows PC, look at the installed software in the past year, and try to use the device. Run some antivirus scans. There’s no way this implementation doesn’t end in tears — there’s a reason there’s a trillion dollar security industry, and that most problems revolve around malware and endpoints.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago (13 children)

Can you elaborate on what "subpoenable information" means. Like I have a vague idea but im not super clear if thats like a legal term with special considerations or whatever. Elaboration would be helpful.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 5 months ago (10 children)

Not OP but the scenario described is say... A company and a specific manager gets sued for harassment. The plaintiff can be entitled to discovery related to the complaint, and that could now include the searchable screenshot database from the managers computer showing all the clear evidence that he harassed the plaintiff. Nightmare scenario for legal departments of companies.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago (8 children)

On the other hand, this makes it much easier for a corporation to spy on its employees, so I think at least some of them are in favor of this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hmmmm it depends... Are they going to make more money by spying on employees than they'll lose in lawsuits?

I think COVID WFH policies proved the majority of us do not need someone breathing down our necks to perform

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And yet management is desperate to end WFH policies and has done so in many companies.