Soldato
It's the new "your phone/alexa/whatever only listens to you when you tell it to".
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*** Microsoft Windows 11 Thoughts & Discussion Thread ***
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Soldato
I didn't read the article but I'd imagine there could be legal ramifications if they did enable it by default, whether you can disable it or not. Just making an assumption here though with nothing to back it up. 
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Unlikely, AI will be given exemptions by the vast majority of countries for any pertinent issues like privacy and copyright.I didn't read the article but I'd imagine there could be legal ramifications if they did enable it by default, whether you can disable it or not. Just making an assumption here though with nothing to back it up.
Soldato
Possibly. Does make me glad I don't use Windows any more though, other than for work where I have no choice.
Looks as though the UK data watchdog and ICO are now looking into Recall.
UK watchdog looking into Microsoft AI taking screenshots - BBC News
I am not concerned. Mrk will beta test it for us and he says it is safe then we can all use it with piece of mind
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Doesn't surprise me in the slightest, I think they're testing what they can get away with bit by bit and so far they've gotten far in terms of how much spying they're doing on us.This is a hit to privacy. Having Windows 11 recording everything we do!?
New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC
Recall uses AI features “to take images of your active screen every few seconds.”…arstechnica.com
Wouldn't be surprised if it was rolled down to Windows 10 also as they probably hate the low adoption rate of 11
I just REALLY wish Linux would work with ALL games especially those that require an anticheat running, Id have left Windows years ago!
There is absolutely nothing AI and a “targeted” experience does to improve my PC use or workload. On the contrary most people I know hate the fact their PC or browser is pushing ads for stuff just because you did a search for something once.
They find it an invasion of privacy and sometimes outright sinister, rather than smart or useful.
The only people or entity it benefits are the corporations convinced you need this crap and the potentially nefarious Governments who are “protecting” their interests from subversive and whatever they deem “woke” this week.
I mean who the **** dreamt up the ideas of taking screenshots and or videos of your entire work/play/browsing session? In my 30+ years of working in IT I have never once had anyone even remotely think such a constantly running feature was a solution to any problem. I might enable a recording sessions for meeting or triaging purposes to catch an obscure issue (it’s always PEBKAC).
Oh don’t worry we don’t take screenshots of your browser or emails or other personal stuff. We promise.
They find it an invasion of privacy and sometimes outright sinister, rather than smart or useful.
The only people or entity it benefits are the corporations convinced you need this crap and the potentially nefarious Governments who are “protecting” their interests from subversive and whatever they deem “woke” this week.
I mean who the **** dreamt up the ideas of taking screenshots and or videos of your entire work/play/browsing session? In my 30+ years of working in IT I have never once had anyone even remotely think such a constantly running feature was a solution to any problem. I might enable a recording sessions for meeting or triaging purposes to catch an obscure issue (it’s always PEBKAC).
Oh don’t worry we don’t take screenshots of your browser or emails or other personal stuff. We promise.
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Soldato
It's getting there, and almost all the games I've tried do work. I don't have many with anti-cheat though.Doesn't surprise me in the slightest, I think they're testing what they can get away with bit by bit and so far they've gotten far in terms of how much spying they're doing on us.
Wouldn't be surprised if it was rolled down to Windows 10 also as they probably hate the low adoption rate of 11
I just REALLY wish Linux would work with ALL games especially those that require an anticheat running, Id have left Windows years ago!
Soldato
Oh yes another chip inside your machine that could have its own security flaws, brilliant..
Goverment's/ regulators aren't going to much if anything as it's way too late to push back on this now as I've seen on reddit some Windows 11 users in from the US getting ads on the start menu and any outrage over it gets met with oh well you can just turn it off... yeah thats fine until the point comes when you can't and having the option is the first step.
It's the same with the AI screenshot thing and yes it may be disabled by default.. again until it isn't and all it takes is one Windows update where it "accidently" or gets enabled by default and recall scrapes all the data it needs.
How times change when Microsoft into hot water over Mediaplayer I think it was.
It's the same with the AI screenshot thing and yes it may be disabled by default.. again until it isn't and all it takes is one Windows update where it "accidently" or gets enabled by default and recall scrapes all the data it needs.
How times change when Microsoft into hot water over Mediaplayer I think it was.
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Man of Honour
That's not how NPUs work thogh.
Soldato
Yeah, its probably not how CPU's or GPU's are meant to work either but there's a list of flaws and bug, errat, issues, whatever that can do things that they're not meant to, why would NPU's be any different, especially when the OS it taking screen shots of things..
The more parts inside a machine, the more possible entry points...
No?
The more parts inside a machine, the more possible entry points...
No?
Man of Honour
Anything is always possible at some point, but that doesn't mean everyone should be walking around with a sceptical hat on at everything, otherwise nobody would live a fairly productive life because there would be constant fear of something going wrong.
Every piece of tech these days has some form of AI implementation now, whether local on-device or talking to the cloud. The only time you hear about any breaches in this area are when teams of hackers find exploits or reverse engineer something. the only recent one being Samsung's AI chip being reverse engineered before the issue was plugged.
Bottom line is you cannot avoid /not/ having something with AI built in now, unless you choose to not use modern HW/SW at all.
Every piece of tech these days has some form of AI implementation now, whether local on-device or talking to the cloud. The only time you hear about any breaches in this area are when teams of hackers find exploits or reverse engineer something. the only recent one being Samsung's AI chip being reverse engineered before the issue was plugged.
Bottom line is you cannot avoid /not/ having something with AI built in now, unless you choose to not use modern HW/SW at all.
Soldato
I think its more a case of MS clearly trying to push advertising on to us and people being sceptical as to anything new they bring out at the minute...
The changes from 10, most of which can be reverted/tweaked without 3rd party software except the woeful start menu, are horrendous but it seems a bit less disruptive than 10 and handles CPUs with mixed CCD or e-cores better in my experience despite some of those fixes being released to 10 as well.
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I only game on my PC and decided to benchmark some of the games I play around a month ago from both a fresh 10 install and a fresh 11 install. Win 11 won by a few FPS, so basically the same on my system, nothing to shout about.