By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall

https://signal.org/blog/signal-doesnt-recall/

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phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 35 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Can browsers block recall recording as well?

I'll add that to every site manage

Let recall literally record only black boxes, fuck Microsoft

IllNess@infosec.pub · 20 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Given this reality, private messaging apps like Signal deserve to be treated with at least the same level of caution that’s afforded to a web browser’s private or incognito browsing window — which Microsoft has already excluded from Recall by default.

phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y

I'd like it to be an HTTP header that will blacken the browser for recall. I don't want recall to look at my banking website, just as an example.

Hell, I don't want Recall, period, but I mean, if I managed a banking site, I'd want to know that a million customers aren't inadvertently feeding their private banking info to some shitty AI

plz1@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y (2 replies)

They can, but this wouldn't be a website thing, it'd be the whole browser. Not a bad thin, IMO, Recall is cancer that no one but Microsoft board members & investors are asking for.

I predict privacy-preserving browsers like Librewolf, Waterfox, etc. potentially deploying the same "DRM for a good cause" approach Signal is using.

phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It could be something that websites could then tell the browser using a header or meta tag

plz1@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I'd still want the browser to at least be able to do it as a default, not at the whim of specific sites.

neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 32 pts · 1y (7 replies)

I didn’t realize an app could do that. Won’t most apps just make it an option or enforce blocking recall?

IllNess@infosec.pub · 56 pts · 1y (6 replies)

What Signal is doing is a workaround specifically used for DRM content. This feature is specifically so you can't copy copyrighted content. I don't think most apps would do this.

According to Microsoft, Recall is opt in. I don't fucking trust them though.

neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I agree that they can’t be trusted. I’m getting a Mac this fall to switch away from windows.

Sadly, my work can’t be done on Linux yet. I keep checking though. I’m really just waiting for a single app.

thedruid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Dropped windows for Linux

Phen@lemmy.eco.br · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)

So I guess it'll probably block screenshots too?

SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 1y

Yes

tias@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y
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cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 1y

Opt in probably just means you can't view the results of recall 🫠

cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 1y