Microsoft Revamps Controversial AI-Powered Recall Feature with Enhanced Security Measures

Microsoft's beefed up Recall security model includes a blessed uninstall option

Recall will finally be available for testing on Copilot Plus PCs in October. Big companies don't need to listen to the little guy, right? Progress is coming for us all, whether we like it or not? One of the many AI-adjacent controversies to grab headlines this year has been Microsoft's

Microsoft will let Windows Copilot+ PC users completely uninstall new Recall AI feature

In its latest attempt to address AI security and privacy concerns, Microsoft provided new details about the underlying architecture for its upcoming Recall feature, which promises to let Windows users quickly locate information they've previously viewed on their PCs with help from artificial

Microsoft's Maligned AI-Enabled 'Recall' Gets a Security Reboot

Microsoft Corp. has announced upgrades for Recall, an artificial intelligence feature that creates a record of everything users do on their PCs, following criticism that the tool created an attractive target for hackers. In an interview Thursday, David Weston, a vice president for enterprise and

Microsoft Gives Controversial Recall AI Feature Some Extra Security

After security experts raised concerns about Microsoft's upcoming Recall AI feature, the tech giant has added a few more security features to help Windows users protect their data and browsing history from attackers or snoops. Microsoft will now require Recall users to biometrically authenticate

Microsoft Makes Security Case for Much-Maligned Copilot Plus Recall Feature

Microsoft says the controversial Recall search feature will only be on Copilot Plus PCs that meet its security standards. In a detailed blog post on Friday, Microsoft vice president for enterprise and OS security David Weston gave an update on how security will work on the company's controversial

Microsoft: Windows Recall now can be removed, is more secure

Microsoft has announced security and privacy upgrades to its AI-powered Windows Recall feature, which now can be removed and has stronger default protection for user data and tighter access controls. Today's announcement comes in response to customer pushback requesting stronger default data

Microsoft describes Recall's new security features, says the feature is opt-in

After a major PR blunder, Microsoft is detailing its Recall's new security model. Microsoft is set to bring back Recall, the Copilot+ feature it, well, recalled back in June just before its release due to security concerns and negative feedback. Today, the company released a detailed blog post

Microsoft has some thoughts about Windows Recall security

AI screengrab service to be opt-in, features encryption, biometrics, enclaves, more Microsoft has revised the Recall feature for its Copilot+ PCs and insists that the self-surveillance system is secure. "Recall," as Microsoft describes it, "is designed to help you instantly and securely find what

Microsoft AI PC Recall Feature Gets Security Update

'We've taken some important steps to secure your snapshots and then put you in complete control,' Microsoft Consumer CMO Yusuf Mehdi says. Microsoft has a new security architecture for its controversial Recall feature powering improved search on artificial intelligence PCs, set to become available

Microsoft explains how it's tackling security and privacy for Recall

The company is being more careful after Recall's botched launch alongside Copilot+ AI PCs. The condemnation of Microsoft's Recall feature for Copilot+ AI PCs was swift and damning. While it's meant to let you find anything you've ever done on your PC, it also involves taking constant screenshots

Microsoft announces sweeping changes to controversial Recall feature for Windows 11 Copilot+ PCs

Microsoft's Recall was supposed to be the marquee feature for the new Copilot+ PCs Microsoft announced in May 2024. Its stated goal was to give Windows 11 users an AI-powered "photographic memory" to help them instantly find something they'd previously seen on their PC. In theory, Recall offers a

The controversial Windows Recall is returning to Copilot+ PCs -- here's how Microsoft says it will keep your data safe

Here's how Microsoft plans to keep its AI-powered snapshots secure on your Copilot+ PC Ahead of its October relaunch, Microsoft is highlighting the security and privacy features baked into Windows Recall that are designed to help keep your private data and the AI-powered Snapshots it takes safe

Microsoft now confirms you can opt out of, and remove, Windows Recall

If you don't want to deal with Windows Recall, Microsoft says that you won't have to. Microsoft has released a white paper of sorts outlining what the company is doing to secure user data within Windows Recall, the controversial Windows feature that takes snapshots of your activity for later

Microsoft finally details how Recall on Windows 11 will keep your data safe

Microsoft has been dealing with a lot of blowback ever since the reveal of its Recall software, powered by Copilot+. As a recap, every few seconds, Windows will take snapshots of whatever you're doing on your computer. These snapshots can then be searched, and your device will profile what's going

Microsoft to re-launch 'privacy nightmare' AI screenshot tool

"We will be continuing to assess Recall as Microsoft moves toward launch", it said in a statement. When it initially announced the tool at its developer conference in May, Microsoft said it used AI "to make it possible to access virtually anything you have ever seen on your PC", and likened it to