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Windows feature that screenshots everything labeled a security “disaster” (www.theverge.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 5 months ago (16 children)

Jesus Christ. All these requirements for something most people didn't ask for:

System requirements for Recall

Your PC needs the following minimum system requirements for Recall:

A Copilot+ PC

16 GB RAM

8 logical processors

256 GB storage capacity

    To enable Recall, you’ll need at least 50 GB of storage space free

    Saving screenshots automatically pauses once the device has less than 25 GB of storage space

[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Sounds like the way around this is to make swap space take up the drive up to 24 GB. Then trim the swap space as you need it.

I know it says "to enable" but let's be real here. It's going to be a placebo switch.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Every update :

"Let's get Recall set up for you!!!!"

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Microscopic "Maybe later" button in the USA...

Normal sized "No" button in Europe...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Europe keeps on proving that we can in fact regulate these companies, and it's fucking pathetic how the US and Canada don't.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

If it's anything like the "sign into your Microsoft account to continue" bullshit, there will be no cancel button. You'll need to cast an archaic spell where you summon a spirit from the Netherworld, who then just gives you a 60 minute lecture on enshitification and why you should install Arch.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I'm pretty sure Windows doesn't have fixed-size swap. It uses pagefiles.

Edit: apparently pagefiles can be given a static size as well.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This can be specified manually to be static

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh, neat! I had no idea. Still, the term "swap" would be incorrect.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

A “swap” file is for holding pages of memory that have been swapped from RAM to disk.

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