Windows Recall remains controversial a year after its announcement. Now, the Brave browser has taken new measures to "protect" users from the feature.
    • hperrin@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 months ago

      That’s not even the worst thing about him. He also invented JavaScript.

      • bier@feddit.nlEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I used to hate JS but barley had used it. Now I use it on a daily base and hate it even more.

    • szymon@programming.devEnglish
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      2 months ago

      He could be next husband of Ivanka Trump - I don’t care

      If he provide good service for me - browser which fits my needs. I would even send him money every day

      • Kris@slrpnk.netEnglish
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        2 months ago

        That’s the logic of as long as it benefits ME I don’t care and I support them no matter what they do. This same logic has been applied to all the shitty things done in history like slavery, war and so forth, and the reason the world is the way it is.

          • Kris@slrpnk.netEnglish
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            2 months ago

            Of course that’s not possible, the issue here is being aware and not caring and in some cases supporting it for convenience and selfishness.

          • OutlierBlue@lemmy.caEnglish
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            2 months ago

            If fascism was a passive philosophy that didn’t hurt anyone then you might have a point. But as you can see recently it’s extremely dangerous and ruins lives.

            You may not want to mingle with politics, but it doesn’t have the same view.

    • Alaknár@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      2 months ago

      What feature? Recall?? That’s Windows 11-specific and hasn’t even launched yet??

      • Syltti@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        The joke is that Linux blocks this by not doing it at all. Which is why people should switch to Linux. Which is a good idea. But that’s up to the people.

  • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC

    As does Linux.

  • blobchoice@feddit.ukEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Unfortunately that would involve using the Brave browser, which is an antifeature in itself.

      • Electricd@lemmybefree.netEnglish
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        2 months ago

        They shit on it because just like Mozilla, they made some shit decision by making some shady partnerships, and because the CEO is transphobic/homophobic/can’t remember

        Apart from the usual bullshit and antifeatures it has, it’s still a great browser choice, just like Firefox

        • Alaknár@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          2 months ago

          “Just like Mozilla”.

          Let’s compare.

          Mozilla: installed a closed-source plugin once, and then apologised for it.

          Brave CEO: actively supports homophobic organisations, donates money to them, injects affiliate links to stores, whenever given a microphone will say something bigoted and homophobic.

          Yeah, it’s totally the same exact issue with both browsers!

          • Electricd@lemmybefree.netEnglish
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            2 months ago

            Brave: injected affiliate links once, then apologised for it too. Developped a search engine to be less dependent on big companies

            Mozilla is spending money like crazy, just like Wikipedia, has little to no democratic system which makes people fork the stuff they make, and prefer to use the money from donation to buy trips all over the world to educate about privacy and shit while they proceed to keep adding more telemetry and BS in firefox

            They also make it close to impossible to install plugins outside their plugins website, which I’ve heard has some strict rules and take a lot of time to approve stuff. Closed garden bullshit again

          • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
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            2 months ago

            I believe they are talking about Windows, an OS that is spyware and no one should use

            An example of Windows being spyware not standard telemetry is the Recall feature. A feature that doesn’t just tell you how the OS is used but actually takes screenshots every few seconds

            • Alaknár@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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              2 months ago

              Windows, an OS that is spyware and no one should use

              Of, ffs, grow up.

              An example of Windows being spyware not standard telemetry is the Recall feature. A feature that doesn’t just tell you how the OS is used but actually takes screenshots every few seconds

              You have no clue what you’re talking about, do you?

              Recall only works on devices with an NPU. Do you know why? Because it runs locally. It’s got NOTHING to do with telemetry, because it does NOT send data to Microsoft.

              • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
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                2 months ago

                Recall only works on devices with an NPU. Do you know why? Because it runs locally.

                Show code or gtfo

        • Alaknár@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          2 months ago

          I don’t know, maybe because I understand the definition of “spyware” and “telemetry”?

          • ThirdConsul@lemmy.mlEnglish
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            2 months ago

            Well, semantically yes, not all telemetry is spyware. However regarding Windows telemetry it’s indistinguishable from spyware - you have no idea nor control over the data gathered, measured and processed.

            The crux is that Windows telemetry is opt out, opting out can’t be done during installation, and historically opting out wasn’t sticky. Additionally some Windows telemetry is still being sent despite opting out.

            That makes Windows telemetry fulfill all spyware criteria.

            • Alaknár@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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              2 months ago

              However regarding Windows telemetry it’s indistinguishable from spyware - you have no idea nor control over the data gathered, measured and processed

              Ah, so you’re another one of those fear-mongers?

              Here’s the Required Diagnostic Events Fields (required telemetry) documentation.

              Keeping in mind that it’s anonymous - which parts of this are you so vehemently against sending to Microsoft?

              That makes Windows telemetry fulfill all spyware criteria.

              The shittiest spyware in history, I guess, considering it’s all anonymous…

  • SpaceScotsman@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    2 months ago

    They haven’t blocked the windows feature, they’re using DRM to interfere with it. Microsoft could easily change how the DRM works any time they want, rendering all these hacks useless.

    • thevoidzero@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Exactly, how do you even fight with the OS except just making it bit hard for them lol. You have to tell the OS what pixels to put in the screen, there’s literally no way you can hide things from the OS if they want to know.

    • moe90@feddit.nlOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      then people can complained it on Brave Github or their official forum and it will be fixed by their team

  • flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Let me know when it is discovered that they in fact replaced MS Recall with their own version that was scraping your data in yet another sketchy attempt to make money.