Man the first hackers to get their hands on that data are gonna get rich. Blackmail material, personal details, banking information, passwords, everything you could want.
It's like those sextortion scam emails that say "we took pictures of you masturbating" except this time they'll really extract some poor guy's porn habits from their Recall database lmao
How happy are you to know your personal data is still going to be leaked because 90% of the services handling it are using MS Backdoor OS? If it's not going to be your bank it will be your work, if not your work, then it will be your government, and there will be no consequences because "nobody ever got fired for buying Microsoft®"™.
Run that from an administrator terminal (right click start menu and select Terminal (Administrator)). You can also do it from Settings > Privacy > Recall.
Those are the Microsoft-approved ways. If you don't trust them, you can also just download a new iso and completely rip it off before install using something like ChrisTitus' microWin.
Most of the distros run steam great out of the box. Our biggest problem is video card updates breaking crap. Linux Tech Tips scared a bunch of people off by not reading a warning message on an update then refusing to seek any help when something broke.
You don't need SteamOS. It's likely not going to solve any problems for you that aren't solved elsewhere. It'll be good for console-like devices, but just use a normal desktop distro for a desktop computer.
I like Garuda Dragonized for gaming. It comes set up with a lot of gaming stuff already, and makes it easy to install a bunch of other gaming related packages you may want.
Theres no need to wait for Valve. The problem is solved already.
What went wrong? I've had essentially no issues lately. I know there's a handful of games with anti-cheats or DRMs that break (mostly out of China), but it's pretty minor. Modding is also a bit of a pain and has to be done manually for now, but Nexus is working on a new mod manager that should work for all platforms eventually.
Although not the exact topic covered in the article, as you wouldn't necessarily be sending sensitive information like that to other people, but it's important to note that this means nothing you've sent before is safe.
It's not enough that from "now on" you don't send anything you wouldn't want Recall to capture, if you've already sent it and someone with Recall captures it then it's compromised. It's not just your own device that you need to worry about, it's also everyone you might contact or have ever contacted.
Or you're at work, or you need to collaborate with people who use Windows-only software. Or you bought a computer and it came with Windows, and you don't know about installing other operating systems.
And as long as that group of people you just described continues to uncritically accept everything MS does, they have no motivation to do things differently.
If you go to different car dealers you find many different cars so you have to look into their pros and cons before choosing one. If you go to different computer shops you find Windows computers, Macs and Chromebooks. Macs are very expensive and Chromebooks are very limited, so you buy a Windows machine. People don't even know what Linux is, and you can't really blame them. They just want a machine to do everyday stuff with, and not to have to invest too much time or money in finding one.
Don't mention the hundred different engines out there, along with somethings you can do with one but not the other, so you have to research all of them. Also, you may have to install more stuff to get the engine to do other things you're used to as well.
54 Comments
Sludgehammer@lemmy.world · 109 pts · 1y
Man the first hackers to get their hands on that data are gonna get rich. Blackmail material, personal details, banking information, passwords, everything you could want.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 51 pts · 1y
Microsoft really cares about security
As long as it doesn't get in the way of money
henfredemars@infosec.pub · 14 pts · 1y
Our financial security!
LiveLM@lemmy.zip · 23 pts · 1y
It's like those sextortion scam emails that say "we took pictures of you masturbating" except this time they'll really extract some poor guy's porn habits from their Recall database lmao
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml · 60 pts · 1y
Every year I'm happier and happier that I touch MS products only when paid to do so.
adarza@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 1y
problems with their shit has been paying the bills here for over twenty-five years now.
jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 1y
How happy are you to know your personal data is still going to be leaked because 90% of the services handling it are using MS Backdoor OS? If it's not going to be your bank it will be your work, if not your work, then it will be your government, and there will be no consequences because "nobody ever got fired for buying Microsoft®"™.
nul9o9@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
I only need access to a terminal for my job, i would be so happy if i could run linux on my work laptop.
PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y
Same my only experience with windows (and w11) is at work (exception being my vr flight sim pc).
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 37 pts · 1y
This this more of a byproduct of the design than anything.
Its almost like this was a bad idea to begin with.
Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 1y
We all saw that coming.
RandAlThor@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 1y
Is there a way to turn this off?
stevedice@sh.itjust.works · 29 pts · 1y
Run that from an administrator terminal (right click start menu and select Terminal (Administrator)). You can also do it from Settings > Privacy > Recall.
Those are the Microsoft-approved ways. If you don't trust them, you can also just download a new iso and completely rip it off before install using something like ChrisTitus' microWin.
7toed@midwest.social · 6 pts · 1y
Thanks for making it nice and user friendly... most of my elders go into a kind of fugue state when they see the terminal
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Thanks for mentioning microWin. A tool I didn’t know I needed. I figured none had been made since XP’s Tweaks.
stevedice@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
You're welcome. Just keep in mind that removing Recall from the W11 ISO apparently also reverts Explorer to the W10 version.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Oh noooo
DampCanary@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
. . . anyway
stevedice@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
To each their own, but I think the new one is better in every way (while still lacking basic functionality).
Taleya@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
yeahhhh I'm still using classic shell
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Both “problems” I’m happy to deal with.
ramsorge@discuss.online · 22 pts · 1y
Microsoft: there won’t be bugs
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 1y
This isn't a bug. It is by design
_____@lemm.ee · 17 pts · 1y
steamOS cannot come any sooner for desktop
SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y
Since the first steam machine in 2008 it's all I've ever wanted....
truxnell@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 1y
I'm using bazzite for now in lieu of that
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 1y
Im excited to live in that world.
Any game that relies on BS DRM like Denuvo that refuses to work for SteamOS can die in a fire.
Most of the are shitty multiplayer games anyways.
_____@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
next PC upgrade won't feature any Intel or Nvidia, full AMD full glorious Linux under steamOS hopefully
Earflap@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 1y
Have done that since 2014 and do not regret it one bit. 10/10 do recommend.
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 1y
There's so many others you can use right now.
rumba@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 1y
Most of the distros run steam great out of the box. Our biggest problem is video card updates breaking crap. Linux Tech Tips scared a bunch of people off by not reading a warning message on an update then refusing to seek any help when something broke.
Cethin@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y
You don't need SteamOS. It's likely not going to solve any problems for you that aren't solved elsewhere. It'll be good for console-like devices, but just use a normal desktop distro for a desktop computer.
I like Garuda Dragonized for gaming. It comes set up with a lot of gaming stuff already, and makes it easy to install a bunch of other gaming related packages you may want.
Theres no need to wait for Valve. The problem is solved already.
_____@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
eh? I tried gaming with lutris fairly recently and I'd call it far from solved.
it's in a better spot than a decade ago
Cethin@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y
What went wrong? I've had essentially no issues lately. I know there's a handful of games with anti-cheats or DRMs that break (mostly out of China), but it's pretty minor. Modding is also a bit of a pain and has to be done manually for now, but Nexus is working on a new mod manager that should work for all platforms eventually.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz · 13 pts · 1y
What a surprise, the spy software is spying on you.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
If I want to save something I'll back it up myself. My attitude toward an OS remembering what I do: "We don't know each other and I was never here."
olafurp@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Prompt injection acrobatics via cortana playing sounds from a hacked speaker
TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y
Let me try: hunter5
CaptPretentious@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Must be working, all I see is ●●●●●●●
don@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
bash.org ftw
Delphia@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I put on my wizard hat and robe.
frostprophet@infosec.pub · 9 pts · 1y
Although not the exact topic covered in the article, as you wouldn't necessarily be sending sensitive information like that to other people, but it's important to note that this means nothing you've sent before is safe.
It's not enough that from "now on" you don't send anything you wouldn't want Recall to capture, if you've already sent it and someone with Recall captures it then it's compromised. It's not just your own device that you need to worry about, it's also everyone you might contact or have ever contacted.
Etterra@discuss.online · 6 pts · 1y
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Maybe by "sensitive information" they mean theirs.
reddit_sux@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
AndrewZabar@lemmy.world · -20 pts · 1y
You have to be truly an idiot these days to still be using Windows.
floofloof@lemmy.ca · 48 pts · 1y
Or you're at work, or you need to collaborate with people who use Windows-only software. Or you bought a computer and it came with Windows, and you don't know about installing other operating systems.
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml · -5 pts · 1y
And as long as that group of people you just described continues to uncritically accept everything MS does, they have no motivation to do things differently.
Dungrad@feddit.org · -28 pts · 1y
floofloof@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 1y
If you go to different car dealers you find many different cars so you have to look into their pros and cons before choosing one. If you go to different computer shops you find Windows computers, Macs and Chromebooks. Macs are very expensive and Chromebooks are very limited, so you buy a Windows machine. People don't even know what Linux is, and you can't really blame them. They just want a machine to do everyday stuff with, and not to have to invest too much time or money in finding one.
Dungrad@feddit.org · -10 pts · 1y
IzzyScissor@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
In this analogy, no car dealer sells a Linux car and you'd have to rip out the engine yourself at home if you wanted one.
That's the perceived barrier to entry.
Gerudo@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y
Don't mention the hundred different engines out there, along with somethings you can do with one but not the other, so you have to research all of them. Also, you may have to install more stuff to get the engine to do other things you're used to as well.
TheBat@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
Dungrad@feddit.org · -5 pts · 1y
TheBat@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Dungrad@feddit.org · -2 pts · 1y
TheBat@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 1y
Or maybe that's all you know
That doesn't make you an idiot
Psychodelic@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
What do you gotta be to think bajillions of people are idiots? Besides cripplingly cynical
Gerudo@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y
You have to be a complete idiot these days to think everyone is able to use another solution
hopesdead@startrek.website · 2 pts · 1y
Where else am I throw the computer, a wall?