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They're not "pushing their Recall shit whether we like it or not", they're explicitly making it opt-in. They gave a fuck about their users' complaints and made a bunch of modifications to it.
You may still not like it, but give them some credit.
They are forcing it again later this year
No, it's opt-in. If you do nothing you won't have it.
For now
Just like it is stored locally, for now.
Microsoft has a funny habit of turning things on with updates
Dude, think of what you're saying. Recall is baked into the OS. In this day and age there's a huge chance, almost a certainty, that the only options are to "opt-in" and know all your interactions are being funneled and mined, or don't, and you don't know, but it's still happening.
How are you going to audit it? Most Windows users have no idea how to audit what happens in their network, most humans don't have a way to look into what MS software is doing because there's no access to the code.
Yeah, I'll keep giving them the credit they deserve, which is being sure thay are doing whatever they want whether you know it or not.
Corporations will notice extra data over their network, etc and act as an unofficial audit. That's also the way problems with updates generally get found.
Corporations and nerds will most likely find out, but as I said, regular users? Highly unlikely.
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