Quite a while ago, I noticed my new laptop had Cortana. "None of that thank you" I thought heading for the setting / uninstall / remove settings. Oh dear....
Note that "turning off" regular copilot in windows 11 and 10 doesn't actually do anything so this isn't crazy to say. Recall would theoretically be a bit more visible if turning it off didn't do anything though.
@@kychemclass5850Was that 5 or more years ago? I turned off Cortana on every PC I used, I just didn't find it useful. The AI interface now offered as copilot has been very useful and that one I'm not getting rid of.
256 GB for an OS with recall, that's some significant real estate. I think Microsoft have forgotten what operating system means?! An OS should just sit there quietly and un-intrusively in the background and operate by allowing my programs to run unhindered.
I can't believe I'll be switching to Linux exclusively after bunny hopping for so many years. Linux was always just meme-x use for me since I merely used it to try new things out. Linux Mint will be likely what I'll be settling on long-term because of their huge funding by the community and sponsors.
@@VinnyUnion Dude, I switched to Mint the other day after hearing all these news and Linux sucks. It's not an alternative, nothing works in that damn system. I work with Photoshop, Microsoft Office and use daily other programs that I like, none of them are compatible. I had to switch back to W11. The alternatives Linux offers are not "alternatives" at all, just shitty free programs.
The funny thing is that it wasn't hacked. The SQlite db is there for you to take it without any encryption or security at all. They just made a tool to access it.
The kind of love that keeps you alive but you're eating lamb's fry every night because anything more complicated requires a complete rebuild of the kitchen :P
I can hear it now.. "I'm Windows Copilot, an AI Search engine to help you do everything. Integrate with your Google, Alexa, Siri, and other home automation products. I have now deemed you, the user as a security risk to me and henceforth, I will be in control from now on"
Well hold on now let's be fair not everyone and certainly not complacent when tarred users who still remain brain-dead hopelessly faithful that Microsoft will change their evil ways anytime this century😂
@@motoryzen Yeah. Unfortunately an average computer user believes computers can only run Windows, Google is the Internet, and they don't come with "cup holders" (CD) any more . 😂
@dddux you are definitely correct about the vast majority of average computer users. That's why when I mentioned the idea of quote you have another Choice by the way other than Windows and I'm not even talking Apple macintosh. End quote Then I provide them with some upfront information and I offer help AKA to walk them through baby step by baby step as well as mentioned a forum site or two If we ever expect Linux to finally overtake windows in terms of actual user market share and I don't just mean servers across the world as well as smart devices or smart appliances and Chromebooks Now regardless of the core do I recently sent I couldn't carry any less if Linux users were sent his number is the falsely advertise three or four percent or if it's 10% as about it really is or if it ends up being 75% before my lifetime is over on this planet. Because I can't control what other people do and that is not the primary focus of my life and my Computing needs and wants But in order to help push the tide against micro crap when turd, it is up to us experience Linux users to be patient, to be kind, and to be forthcoming with information to have the heart of a teacher
This’ll definitely be a turning point in the ongoing Linux Boom. A vulnerable, automated, and indiscriminate activity logger implemented by Microsoft versus a manually-configured and easily encrypted system log app provided by the Linux community.
no i dont think, until linux arrive pre-installed on computer you can buy pre-build or laptop on local store around the globe . linux is not gonna rise that much , cause most normal user dont know what is a os ! lol or think that "Windows" is part of the macine ; they think you cant change the os of the machine without breaking it ... or most norma user just dont want to change or just dont know what is happening with windows or just dont care. the only thing it might help is google chrome os and macos marketshare sadly ....
@@derekday4832 History shows that most employees use what's sold to the business (and often get reprimanded for using non-approved kit!). If you want to see genuine change to Linux, we need to get businesses and schools onto it - not the individual user (who doesn't have time fo' dat!)
Come on, what boss is going to sit there all day long looking at transition screens of all his employees to ensure that they're working? And who's going to pay that boss? If the employee is not producing then he's not working, simple as that. This was a ridiculous scenario.
@@SpaceCadet4Jesus I'm envious of your naivety. There are definitely bosses that would want this feature. There are already companies that demand logs of time tracking apps, this is just the next step.
@@SpaceCadet4Jesus I wish I could tbh. **flashbacks to terrible boss installing cameras he could use to "check we were working" from home** Edit: to clarify, we worked in a store. He could check the cameras from his home. Not enough for him to make our working lives hell while he was there.
720 screenshots of the same page over and over and over. Who's going to pour through and make sense of all that. I don't think the screenshot feature is going to be very useful at all. For decades we've been able to get this kind of information out of Windows PCs.
I guess we need a little traffic light in the corner. Yellow, minimize all windows. Red cover camera, you know they will be doing a photo of whos screen they have captured. Green, open and continue.
I don't know if it's still this way, but I left Windows in 2015 during the Windows 10 era, but it seemed like every time i upgraded Windows doing a fresh install my computer from a cold boot used more, and more system resources doing nothing but sitting on the desktop with no 3rd party apps running with at one point causing my then desktop w/16GB of DDR3 2133 OC ram, an AMD A10 5800K OC to 4.3 Ghz all core, and an AMD R7 560 4GB GPU to peg at 100% system usage, that was the last straw for my full switch. So I can only imagine people on lower end systems when this Copilot/recall software eventually rolls out to people without an NPU, and chugs their systems to a grinding holt
I'll bet you my Roth IRA that there is no turning co-pilot off and that the reality is Microsoft has yet to admit that it's really actually built into the windows core AKA kernel just like the updates and Telemetry engines, good luck turning those off because none of us save for Microsoft operating system software developers have editing access to the windows kernel
@@motoryzen With the history of Microsoft, none of that would surprise me, and for the people who say I'll just use a custom Windows ISO like Tiny 11, or whatever, I say yeah good luck trusting your data to some random person who could have embedded malware, or crypto miner into the ISO on the sketch site they got it from. Heck even as bad as Google is at this point on some things, they're more trustworthy than Microsoft will ever be.
Yup, Microsoft absolutely CANNOT BE TRUSTED! That's why I turned off my TPM and when they showed an add for Windows 11 on my desktop, I switched to Linux as soon as I could, which was two days later, when the weekend came!
NSA gave MS a little elbow nudge and wink, wink with this one. People are out of their minds to embrace this technology. Ubuntu is hot corporate garbage now.
It just occurred to me. Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger: "My CPU is a Neural Net Processor - a learning computer. The more contact I have with humans, the more I learn." And prior to being reprogrammed, what was his character doing? Killing humans. My conclusion: Microsoft is attempting to stealth-launch Skynet. This will be the end of human kind.
Copilot+ and recall currently requires a copilot+ computer. But I would not expect this to last. It doesn't NEED the NPU, but this is a good way to warm up the frog.
This is a nightmare for enterprise IT . A hacker can get into one node and all passwords and access the users had is instantly available to the searcher. Whether it is benign or not.
Not to excuse this bs but don't enterprise licenses exist specifically because they update on a completely separate version track and corporation IT admins set the policies allowing them to enable/disable virtually all features, programs and utilities at their discretion? *They* can just turn garbage features off, it's the non-enterprise average consumer that will be most effected.
@@Flynn217somethingeven Windows 10 and 11 PCS can be locked down so tight you can barely do anything, including removing selectable features. Local Group Policy editor which is included in every professional version of Windows, or higher, has 4,255 selectable options organized into categories, that can alter and lock down the way your Windows operates.
Buy an old PC,hack it to run 11 and use only for business. Boot the 'required PC from a Linux usb or DVD and do your company 'duty' and then exit to Linux.
Well, I knew from the first second that Microsoft isn't gonna handle the security of that extremely sensitive data competently, but I didn't expect it to happen THAT FAST! 🤯 How does Microsoft continually manage to surprise me with their incompetence, despite my expectations dropping lower every time! PS: the fact several of their C-Suite executives fell.for phishing is absolutely hilarious and so par for the course! 🤣
Part of the reason is high turnover in tech. Another part is the high to low quality software engineers. Google and Facebook had the best. MS... in certain projects yes, while others not so much.
I've been using computers for over 45 years. I have never had a situation where I needed to 'recall' much if anything about what I previously did on a computer. I already have all the tools I need to easily make the occasional screen shots and notes for specific situations where I do want the ability to review in the future.
I called this when it was first announced. My first thought was from a corporate level and that the data would not be secure. I knew it was going to be accessible by admins. I literally called it out 13 days ago on someone else's video. I imagined HR or C level execs having access to their employees private data and using it against said employee or worse, said corporation being liable for all their employees data being stored on their workstations. Just imagine if HR or CFO is contemplating you asking for a raise, they see that your bank account has plenty of cash so they deny you of your raise. Or, maybe you're living paycheck to paycheck and they fire you because you're a financial liability. Maybe they see your medical conditions and realize you will be out of work for an extended amount of time, be much easier to just fire you and hire your replacement. After all, here in the US, it's a fire at will environment. This goes far deeper than just MS taking screenshots of your computer as you use it. This should scare the hell out of users as well as corporations. What if a companies financial records are leaked or confidential / classified (not meaning only military) documents, inventions, what have your are collected by nefarious actors? This is a huge risk for all sides.
Some businesses/corporations are already near this level of monitoring. There's a good reason to NOT use the business laptop for performing personal business; and it's been that way for a good long time already. Ideally, working from home should include a minimum of the work machine, your personal machine, and a decent KVM to switch between the two. If you are in an office environment, a personal laptop / tablet with its own network connection ( cellular ) would be highly suggested.
At the start of the year i set myself a challenge of only using Linux for all of 2024 so i switched all 4 of my computers over. After 6 months i don't miss or even think about windows anymore, Linux lets me do what i want to do and doesn't get in my way.
I feel the same after less than two months! 😂 To me it wasn't a challenge. I knew I didn't want Windows 11, but I didn't want to switch to Linux before Windows 10 EOL. But then Windows 10 greeted me with a full screen ad for Windows 11 instead of my desktop and that's when I've had enough! Now I'm kinda grateful for this ad and sad I didn't make the switch even sooner! 😅
@@LRM12o8 Yeh my first couple of months were definitely very challenging but now after using linux full time for half a year its a breeze to do everything i need. I actually went and got an old computer as i want to challenge myself to dive deeper and learn how to do more things with linux.
Reminds me of the time they installed and enabled IIS with every Windows 2000 install, or the time they enabled "active desktop" by default in Windows 95/98, or the time they...
I quit windows in 2007 because every time I fired up my machine I had to suffer thru an hour or more of updates and restarts. Linux takes maybe five minutes at most and usually only requires a restart if there is a kernel update. I have never been interrupted by a Linux distro while I was working.
That tears it. I'm sick of this AI crap. I thought I'd give Microsoft one more chance. That was dumb. Time to install Linux; I just need to set aside some time to do it. I'll run Tiny11 in some way if I need iCUE or iCloud access. Those are the only true use cases I have for Windows.
I second the Linux Mint suggestion. Fantastic Linux distro! The default icons are a bit weird, so I suggest you to change them to Yaru or Papirus icons (both are included on install).
Given that I've had my share of dual booting problems in the past from a single physical drive, I do not recommend that you install any Linux distribution into the same physical drive that Windows already lives in. The two bootloaders from each individual operating system world, grub and windows bootloader, we're never designed and still don't play nicely together. One always overrides the other and it ends up causing a bigger mess than just that problem alone I recommend you grab a separate SSD to put Linux Mint into and before you do anything disable quick startup AKA fast startup both inside your windows graphical desktop and your UEFI bios as well as disabled secure boot Then properly power down the machine after at least one more reboot cycle, then completely disconnect the windows drive while you boot into the Linux Mint installation thumb drive that you create, install Linux mint, follow the obvious enough prompts and when you reboot back into the Linux desktop from the SSD you installed it into and everything looks okay you can properly power that PC down reconnect your windows drive and anytime you wish to boot on whatever other operating system world that you don't automatically boot to you can select a simple hotkey if your computer AKA motherboard is new enough. Worst case it isn't and you just have to go into your bios and change the boot drive or boot device order. This is a safe enough dual booting measure that will allow you to learn Linux on bare metal hardware for whatever period of time you like and you can always take a break if needs be and jump right back into Windows to get things done and the chances that any problems that Microsoft could throw you that could mess with Linux are extremely slim to none Please remember to be patient with yourself and Linux and remember that you didn't learn how to use Windows overnight in fact you probably took you more than a few weeks just like most people and there's nothing wrong with that. Take baby steps right now starting with listing all the applications and games you deal with on a daily or weekly basis in windows, look up if they work in Linux natively and for those that do not, look up cross-platform alternatives Once you get used to using those cross-platform Alternatives within Windows desktop that is over half of the battle of being able to move and call Linux your new home Forums.linuxmint.com I am on that site 99% of the time daily and there are plenty dozens of other foreign members easily more knowledgeable through vast experience than I am and I'll be glad to help in any way I can. Just please remember to look up and follow the steps on that how to get help blue font link that you click on above that's in red or pink surrounding color step 5 and the second dot which tells you how to post your system info of The graphical easy way, no fear needed because it will not post any personal identifiable information as well this saves everyone time wasting guessing when it comes to any troubleshooting help you may need
You don't need iCue, openRGB can handle RGB, just a heads-up Also, if you wanna save yourself from reading that extremely long post above AND save yourself the headache it warns you about, DON'T DUAL BOOT! Just run Windows in a VM instead! If you set up Linux with a 8+ GB swap partition, you can run a powerful Windows VM with no notable performance loss (at least in desktop applications like a DAW). Virtualbox may or may not need the swap, idk. But other than stubborn anticheat systems that are deliberately programed to not run on Linux or in a VM, there's no reason to run Windows on bare metal next to your Linux daily driver!
I wonder how long before Microsoft comes up with a version of "Recall" that can run on a computer that doesn't have the special Security Chip so everyone can gain its "Benefits"?
It can run on any computer in theory, the NPU just accelerates the AI part. It would just consume more power if you didn't have that chip. Similar to rendering graphics with your CPU rather than GPU.
Remember that the glowies won't need to hack your computer to get remote access to Recall they'll only have to send a confidential federal order to Microsoft. This is assuming Recall doesn't already look for suspicious patterns of behavior and send it straight to the glowies already.
They don't even need the confidential federal order. The 2013 leaks stated explicitly that Microsoft willingly OFFERED to modify their systems to make requestless data retrieval easier for the NSA.
Does it take full resolution screenshots? Imagine being on a 4k ultrawide. 720 screenshots per hour. "You're running low on disk space. Do you want to upload Recall screenshots to the cloud?"👀
Well I am thinking of taking screenshots of my KDE Desktop and sending it to MS, cause there is no "Recall" for "Linux" :-) 😛Thanks for the video! And for that question about an AI-chip: NO WE DONT NEED AN AI CHIP! Best part starting: 19:00 You are hitting the "bulls-eye" with this! I 100% agree!
I told my mum about copilot/recall coming and she said she is keen to try Linux! 74yr old wanting to give Linux a go! Going to show her some live ISOs for mint/POP this week! Hopefully I can convert her as she doesn't really use many windows exclusive features!
"protected at rest by Windows' disk encryption technologies" Suddenly the BitLocker by default decision is starting to make more sense. Still not a good idea, but makes more sense.
Bitlocker is ONLY good at protecting the data WHEN the machine is turned off.. It's only effective IF someone removes the drive from the original computer, so it's not really protecting anything while the computer is running & logged in.
Most people who've left Windows have likely already done so. A few more will eventually leave, but Microsoft knows the vast majority of users will stay regardless of what they do as a company.
People will stay for only as long as there's something that they use, as an application, that is not available on Linux or another platform. Many will look at Recall, and think "well, I don't do anything that is illegal or questionable..." thus think features like Recall is not offensive. That is, until they get hacked, if they realize that they've been hacked.. Pretty soon, there won't be a need to hack a computer; you'll just go to Microsoft, cut a check, or insert a credit card number, and pull whatever data you are looking for, for whomever is still out there running the spyware OS.
"Most people who've left[sic] Windows have likely already done so." Don't be so sure. Everybody has a different breaking point. Sure, there are always going to be stubborn and ignorant people who will stick with what's familiar even after the rug gets pulled, but there are plenty of people who just need that last little push. Best thing to do is offer help to those who seek it. If you're getting demoralized, you're giving the establishment (corpos, glowies, etc.) exactly what they want.
I've never had Ubuntu automatically install updates, but I do have it turned off. If you leave your computer on, it might check for updates, but it won't force you to install anything. Even if it says that it needs to restart the computer to complete updates and you don't want to do that, just tell it that you'll do it later. Beyond that, I run updates manually, except that I have the manual updater run at start up. It's a good time to do it. I do use Ubuntu Mate, but I don't think it's functionally that different from regular Ubuntu other than the desktop. The Unity desktop on Ubuntu is horrendous.
Seriously you get a GOLD STAR for that thumbnail 💯 As for Windows Recall...short of a public website page with all your work passwords on it I have to imagine Recall will be the cause of many IT team's sleepness nights 😅
I have two different computers: A desktop with Windows 10 LTSC for VR Gaming, and a laptop running Nobara 39 for all my other gaming. I also have plans to get a Steam Deck. Windows is awful now.
so true about taking tech ideas from opensource then MS patents those techs they gathered from opensource. Active Directory came from LDAP glued with MIT Kerberos.
Copilot auto installs on Win10 also. I'm still on Win10, and it updated itself, forcing copilot onto me. They've also disabled all roll-backs. No matter how many checkpoints you save, it won't let you revert any updates any more.
Thanks for the information on Recall. I thought that there would be serious security problems with it. I made the switch to Linux years ago. And I've been very happy using my computer ever since. -Bear
Just to clarify at 2:30, you don't even remotely need an NPU to run copilot. They have said so in marketing, but just like with Win11 itself, the system requirements were highly exaggerated. A CPU can run it just fine, but perhaps with a hit to performance or power consumption.
Let's say the average user uses their computer, their own personal computer, for 4 to 6 hours a day; that leaves the computer 18 hours a day plus weekends and holidays to catch up. A work computer - also about 6 hours a day, but usually at maybe 20% workload; so still about the same amount of unused processing power. I totally agree; it could easily run on non-CoPilot+ computers easily; it just will take a bit longer, but there is plenty of unused processor time..
@@MrPir84free You are greatly overestimating how much compute resources are required for inference on a pre-trained model, especially one that just reads text from a screenshot. A 10 year old i5 can likely run it.
My conspiracy theory; They shitified the search bars and search engines to push this... my inbox and sent folder no longer works right for my email or my Win installation
Search companies make more money the more you search, and you search more when your searches return irrelevant results. This is just a natural evolution of that process. _"What do you mean the AI is quoting '2001: A Space Odyssey?' We didn't program it to ignore your search terms..."_
the main thing that makes it hard for me to pick linux is how hard it is to pick a distro, a Desktop environment, and stuff like that. it makes it hard for me to pick because im bad with choice
@@SwitchedtoLinux I’ve used that, pop os, arch with i3-gaps. But even after spending two weeks configuring i3 mint cinnamon is the nicest looking out of the box it feels older but cleaner. I’ve been thinking of going with xfce mint. But I’m kind of waiting for the new release of it.
@@metl7734 Yeah, it seems like you are Xfce or Lxde type - neat, minimal. I am the same, but after choosing Lxde, then Xfce, I settled for Gnome Fallback. Smoother experience... and still far from bloated and cluttered. OpenBox is nice and neat, too. I'm only choosing DEs with hardware accelerated GUI - compositor. Gnome compositor Metacity is really good and minimal.
There is really no reason anymore not to switch to Linux. I switched my Laptop like 2 years ago and my gaming pc about half a year ago. It's been smooth, bs free sailing ever since. After the launch of Windows 11 I was like "THIS SHALL NOT PASS".
"The problem is it's turned on by default" knowing Microsoft it will be reenabled during updates. And you don't need to new processor. My guess is everyone using 11 is going to find it enabled, even without the NPU (? I think thats what its called)
I love the PC I built. That's why I have a Linux Install. I feel like only having Windows on it would be like child neglect. I don't like where MS is going with general hardware and software. I feel more threatened by MS than (other) sorts of exploits that should be more problematic. Yet I still have windows. (skins a shame carrot on MS and self .) I abandoned Apple for the same reasons, I guess I can't have a something mainstream because mainstream isn't real life anymore.
Good point about Ubuntu. I actually have more upgrades on my Ubuntu system going on than on my Windows 10 system. And Ubuntu has some strange network traffic going on that I cannot explain.
I find it ironic that the files aren't encrypted because file-system encryption is a thing on NTFS while file system-level encryption isn't a thing on any Linux file systems. Yes I know there are ways to encrypt files on Linux but, it's not at the file system level.
This is getting more scary every time i hear about it. Thank god, i moved to Linux mint. & Microsoft thinks? This is a good idea. This will make government computers a bigger target.
I keep trying to tell people this kind of stuff, even my own family, but some of them won't listen, they just have to have Windows for MS Office, or some other piece of software I can easly provide a better alternative for, or they just have to play some game with crap DRM that won't work on Linux. Me na man, I made the full switch in 2015, & I can do everything I need on my Linux PC's, Android phones/tablets(need them for work stuff, & to fully control/update my hearing aids w/the JLab apps), and when I want a tech detox but I still need to keep in touch with the world I just pop out my Cricket SIM card, and put it into my KiOS flip phone, & move about my day. My days of being a slave to MS, & even Apple are LONG DONE!!!
''windows recall'' reminds me of the ''total recall'' movie. the difference is that they don't sell implanted dreams, but implanted insecurity and surveillance.
I have never had Ubuntu message me not to turn off the system because it was upgrading - sounds like bollox to me. It asks you to close an app and restart the app if it is a snap - you can ignore it and it will install the snap while it is shutting down. It asks you to restart the system for kernal updates - you can ignore it or choose to 'restart later'.
Correction: copilot PCs ARE out through business PC vendors. Source: a company I contract with just bought a bunch for their whole office. And yes, they already showed up, and yes, they had copilot buttons on the keyboard.
_"You can disable it if wanted..."_
And who actually believes that?
Not me.
It's like the Toyota vehicles with telematics, it's enabled by default you have to disable it if you don't want it reporting how you are driving.
Quite a while ago, I noticed my new laptop had Cortana. "None of that thank you" I thought heading for the setting / uninstall / remove settings. Oh dear....
like many windows stuff we don't want or change and few reboots or some update "oh wait its already back".
Note that "turning off" regular copilot in windows 11 and 10 doesn't actually do anything so this isn't crazy to say. Recall would theoretically be a bit more visible if turning it off didn't do anything though.
@@kychemclass5850Was that 5 or more years ago? I turned off Cortana on every PC I used, I just didn't find it useful. The AI interface now offered as copilot has been very useful and that one I'm not getting rid of.
I am the pilot of my PC,I do not need a copilot or any other hijacker on my plane.
jonh connor, fly with my copilot if you want to live
@@mr.electronx9036 Get to da choppah. Will future AI have an Austrian accent?
256 GB for an OS with recall, that's some significant real estate. I think Microsoft have forgotten what operating system means?! An OS should just sit there quietly and un-intrusively in the background and operate by allowing my programs to run unhindered.
I downloaded Linux and the ISO is less than 5GB
DVD Standard for those only a few generations behind to stay current :D be glad you aren’t limited to 700MB!
Windows haven't been ANY of that for decades... it's bloated, slow and intrusive
I can't believe I'll be switching to Linux exclusively after bunny hopping for so many years. Linux was always just meme-x use for me since I merely used it to try new things out.
Linux Mint will be likely what I'll be settling on long-term because of their huge funding by the community and sponsors.
@@VinnyUnion Dude, I switched to Mint the other day after hearing all these news and Linux sucks. It's not an alternative, nothing works in that damn system. I work with Photoshop, Microsoft Office and use daily other programs that I like, none of them are compatible. I had to switch back to W11. The alternatives Linux offers are not "alternatives" at all, just shitty free programs.
The funny thing is that it wasn't hacked. The SQlite db is there for you to take it without any encryption or security at all. They just made a tool to access it.
The thing is, this makes it trivial for a hacker to access it.
Sad truth
Social engineering still ranks as the best way to get critical information from people, not trying to hack the technicalities of your PC from afar.
Oh dear... how sad... never mind...
Linux still loves you.
The kind of love that keeps you alive but you're eating lamb's fry every night because anything more complicated requires a complete rebuild of the kitchen :P
Sounds good to me :P better than instant Maruchan Ramen!
@@evanb8495 ..unless you know how to cook, of course!
Thank You Zorin OS for being there for Me 4months ago lol hahaha
Debian 12 is great.
Who would guessed... oh wait, everyone knows copilot is a security nightmare.
I can hear it now.. "I'm Windows Copilot, an AI Search engine to help you do everything. Integrate with your Google, Alexa, Siri, and other home automation products. I have now deemed you, the user as a security risk to me and henceforth, I will be in control from now on"
w$ evolved into a security risk OS... all by design
use at your own risk
@@petemoss7256 That comes with the new and upcoming Pluton integrated processors from Microsoft built into AMD and Intel.
Recall is the craziest thing ever proposed in computing. Absolutely insane.
Microsoft: Makes data breaches easier to pull off on their operating system.
Also Microsoft: "Our operating system is the best and most secure"
People say the same thing about RSA, doesn't actually make it true
@@IfritBoi Notable difference. Corporation says its product is safe, a community of people say a service is safe.
The irony is it's never been the best or secure. Just had really good business marketing & lawyers.
@@gregharn1 It's in quotations because I was showing that they claim that. It doesn't have to be true.
@@alexanderdelguidice4660 I got ya
Who would ever saw this coming? Oh, everyone. Right.
Well hold on now let's be fair not everyone and certainly not complacent when tarred users who still remain brain-dead hopelessly faithful that Microsoft will change their evil ways anytime this century😂
@@motoryzen Yeah. Unfortunately an average computer user believes computers can only run Windows, Google is the Internet, and they don't come with "cup holders" (CD) any more . 😂
@dddux you are definitely correct about the vast majority of average computer users. That's why when I mentioned the idea of quote you have another Choice by the way other than Windows and I'm not even talking Apple macintosh. End quote
Then I provide them with some upfront information and I offer help AKA to walk them through baby step by baby step as well as mentioned a forum site or two
If we ever expect Linux to finally overtake windows in terms of actual user market share and I don't just mean servers across the world as well as smart devices or smart appliances and Chromebooks
Now regardless of the core do I recently sent I couldn't carry any less if Linux users were sent his number is the falsely advertise three or four percent or if it's 10% as about it really is or if it ends up being 75% before my lifetime is over on this planet. Because I can't control what other people do and that is not the primary focus of my life and my Computing needs and wants
But in order to help push the tide against micro crap when turd, it is up to us experience Linux users to be patient, to be kind, and to be forthcoming with information to have the heart of a teacher
This’ll definitely be a turning point in the ongoing Linux Boom. A vulnerable, automated, and indiscriminate activity logger implemented by Microsoft versus a manually-configured and easily encrypted system log app provided by the Linux community.
no i dont think, until linux arrive pre-installed on computer you can buy pre-build or laptop on local store around the globe . linux is not gonna rise that much , cause most normal user dont know what is a os ! lol or think that "Windows" is part of the macine ; they think you cant change the os of the machine without breaking it ... or most norma user just dont want to change or just dont know what is happening with windows or just dont care. the only thing it might help is google chrome os and macos marketshare sadly ....
When I have time and at the latest when my W10 is EOL, I'm permanently switching!!!!
Only if Windows users care how vulnerable it is, and care about their privacy.
History does not indicate that many really do.
@@derekday4832 History shows that most employees use what's sold to the business (and often get reprimanded for using non-approved kit!). If you want to see genuine change to Linux, we need to get businesses and schools onto it - not the individual user (who doesn't have time fo' dat!)
History says you are wrong.
You know what comes next? Enterprise access. The company will get access to your recall to see if you really are doing work when working from home.
Come on, what boss is going to sit there all day long looking at transition screens of all his employees to ensure that they're working? And who's going to pay that boss? If the employee is not producing then he's not working, simple as that. This was a ridiculous scenario.
@@SpaceCadet4Jesus I'm envious of your naivety. There are definitely bosses that would want this feature. There are already companies that demand logs of time tracking apps, this is just the next step.
@@bunnybreaker I'll sell you some of my naivety. It comes cheap. 😁😉
@@SpaceCadet4Jesus I wish I could tbh. **flashbacks to terrible boss installing cameras he could use to "check we were working" from home**
Edit: to clarify, we worked in a store. He could check the cameras from his home. Not enough for him to make our working lives hell while he was there.
@@bunnybreaker Some people aren't worth working for, if you know what I mean.
720 screenshots per hour. That's nuts!
Screenshots per hour will be a new NPU benchmark.
720 screenshots of the same page over and over and over. Who's going to pour through and make sense of all that. I don't think the screenshot feature is going to be very useful at all. For decades we've been able to get this kind of information out of Windows PCs.
The volume of unnecessary writes to your SSD will lower its lifespan.
I guess we need a little traffic light in the corner. Yellow, minimize all windows. Red cover camera, you know they will be doing a photo of whos screen they have captured. Green, open and continue.
thumbnail is 10/10
Yess agreed 😂
Yes indeed
hits rly bad lol
Even if you turn copilot off you mite do a update and windows decides to turn on as they have done in the passed.
I don't know if it's still this way, but I left Windows in 2015 during the Windows 10 era, but it seemed like every time i upgraded Windows doing a fresh install my computer from a cold boot used more, and more system resources doing nothing but sitting on the desktop with no 3rd party apps running with at one point causing my then desktop w/16GB of DDR3 2133 OC ram, an AMD A10 5800K OC to 4.3 Ghz all core, and an AMD R7 560 4GB GPU to peg at 100% system usage, that was the last straw for my full switch. So I can only imagine people on lower end systems when this Copilot/recall software eventually rolls out to people without an NPU, and chugs their systems to a grinding holt
Just like they do with microsoft edge, i try to remove it yet like an aggressive form of cancer it keeps coming back.
I'll bet you my Roth IRA that there is no turning co-pilot off and that the reality is Microsoft has yet to admit that it's really actually built into the windows core AKA kernel just like the updates and Telemetry engines, good luck turning those off because none of us save for Microsoft operating system software developers have editing access to the windows kernel
@@motoryzen With the history of Microsoft, none of that would surprise me, and for the people who say I'll just use a custom Windows ISO like Tiny 11, or whatever, I say yeah good luck trusting your data to some random person who could have embedded malware, or crypto miner into the ISO on the sketch site they got it from. Heck even as bad as Google is at this point on some things, they're more trustworthy than Microsoft will ever be.
Yup, Microsoft absolutely CANNOT BE TRUSTED!
That's why I turned off my TPM and when they showed an add for Windows 11 on my desktop, I switched to Linux as soon as I could, which was two days later, when the weekend came!
NSA gave MS a little elbow nudge and wink, wink with this one. People are out of their minds to embrace this technology. Ubuntu is hot corporate garbage now.
nsa and the movie copyright trolls.
Now what's wrong with Ubuntu?
Snaps
"they will willingly give up their freedoms and happily so." - 1984? Orwell? Yep, chatgpt confirms, but says the wording might be different.
@@dddux To Serve Man....
It just occurred to me. Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger: "My CPU is a Neural Net Processor - a learning computer. The more contact I have with humans, the more I learn." And prior to being reprogrammed, what was his character doing? Killing humans. My conclusion: Microsoft is attempting to stealth-launch Skynet. This will be the end of human kind.
THIS!!!
My IoT wifi is called skynet. It has no access to other devices in my lan and I still trust it more than Windows 11
So what can you do? Simple. GET TO DAH CHOPPAH!! DO IT NAAAAOOOO!!
humankind*
We're making smart machines and foolish people...
Microsoft and Security are two words that never go together!
Copilot+ and recall currently requires a copilot+ computer. But I would not expect this to last. It doesn't NEED the NPU, but this is a good way to warm up the frog.
This is a nightmare for enterprise IT . A hacker can get into one node and all passwords and access the users had is instantly available to the searcher. Whether it is benign or not.
Not to excuse this bs but don't enterprise licenses exist specifically because they update on a completely separate version track and corporation IT admins set the policies allowing them to enable/disable virtually all features, programs and utilities at their discretion?
*They* can just turn garbage features off, it's the non-enterprise average consumer that will be most effected.
@@Flynn217somethingeven Windows 10 and 11 PCS can be locked down so tight you can barely do anything, including removing selectable features.
Local Group Policy editor which is included in every professional version of Windows, or higher, has 4,255 selectable options organized into categories, that can alter and lock down the way your Windows operates.
Unfortunately my boss is forcing me to use windows instead of Linux for "compatibility within the company". It's going to be a hell for me
but me too but not because of my job... one the reason is wifi chip compatibility ....
Buy an old PC,hack it to run 11 and use only for business. Boot the 'required PC from a Linux usb or DVD and do your company 'duty' and then exit to Linux.
Wait until your boss finds out that he can micro-manage you with it! :D
I've told managers to stuff their job for less - though I recognise that many are not in a position to walk away from a job.
why would it matter if its for your work, its not your computer anyways.
They have to have poor security so the NSA and partners can have 24/7 access to your computer
Yeah the government pressures for backdoors to computers. Hence why bitlocker now puts the decryption key in your Microsoft account.
It's not a bug, it's a feature. Just not one intended for you.
Just more reasons I'm glad to be daily driving Linux these days. I was turned off of Windows 11 due to bad UI, now THIS is just ridiculous.
Windows Security is an oxymoron. Just like Microsoft Works.
It's almost like it was designed from the ground up to be purpose built to exploit the user in every possible way.
Windowa Recall: NSA Approved
Well, I knew from the first second that Microsoft isn't gonna handle the security of that extremely sensitive data competently, but I didn't expect it to happen THAT FAST! 🤯
How does Microsoft continually manage to surprise me with their incompetence, despite my expectations dropping lower every time!
PS: the fact several of their C-Suite executives fell.for phishing is absolutely hilarious and so par for the course! 🤣
Part of the reason is high turnover in tech. Another part is the high to low quality software engineers. Google and Facebook had the best. MS... in certain projects yes, while others not so much.
I've been using computers for over 45 years. I have never had a situation where I needed to 'recall' much if anything about what I previously did on a computer. I already have all the tools I need to easily make the occasional screen shots and notes for specific situations where I do want the ability to review in the future.
Ok that thumbnail is legendary.
I called this when it was first announced. My first thought was from a corporate level and that the data would not be secure. I knew it was going to be accessible by admins. I literally called it out 13 days ago on someone else's video. I imagined HR or C level execs having access to their employees private data and using it against said employee or worse, said corporation being liable for all their employees data being stored on their workstations. Just imagine if HR or CFO is contemplating you asking for a raise, they see that your bank account has plenty of cash so they deny you of your raise. Or, maybe you're living paycheck to paycheck and they fire you because you're a financial liability. Maybe they see your medical conditions and realize you will be out of work for an extended amount of time, be much easier to just fire you and hire your replacement. After all, here in the US, it's a fire at will environment. This goes far deeper than just MS taking screenshots of your computer as you use it. This should scare the hell out of users as well as corporations. What if a companies financial records are leaked or confidential / classified (not meaning only military) documents, inventions, what have your are collected by nefarious actors? This is a huge risk for all sides.
Some businesses/corporations are already near this level of monitoring. There's a good reason to NOT use the business laptop for performing personal business; and it's been that way for a good long time already.
Ideally, working from home should include a minimum of the work machine, your personal machine, and a decent KVM to switch between the two. If you are in an office environment, a personal laptop / tablet with its own network connection ( cellular ) would be highly suggested.
Can good natured developers please work on things to make Linux an easier solution for people? This is the moment.
At the start of the year i set myself a challenge of only using Linux for all of 2024 so i switched all 4 of my computers over. After 6 months i don't miss or even think about windows anymore, Linux lets me do what i want to do and doesn't get in my way.
I feel the same after less than two months! 😂
To me it wasn't a challenge. I knew I didn't want Windows 11, but I didn't want to switch to Linux before Windows 10 EOL.
But then Windows 10 greeted me with a full screen ad for Windows 11 instead of my desktop and that's when I've had enough!
Now I'm kinda grateful for this ad and sad I didn't make the switch even sooner! 😅
@@LRM12o8 Yeh my first couple of months were definitely very challenging but now after using linux full time for half a year its a breeze to do everything i need. I actually went and got an old computer as i want to challenge myself to dive deeper and learn how to do more things with linux.
Reminds me of the time they installed and enabled IIS with every Windows 2000 install, or the time they enabled "active desktop" by default in Windows 95/98, or the time they...
Well, I can't imagine WHO might have keys to the MICROSOFT copilot+ 'encryption'. Yeah, your data is safe... pfffffff
"Glad this wasn't around when I made my Blue Hawaii Movie. It would have been changed to Blue Lagoon."
- Elvis
wow am so shocked.. How could this happen no one could see this going wrong.
I quit windows in 2007 because every time I fired up my machine I had to suffer thru an hour or more of updates and restarts. Linux takes maybe five minutes at most and usually only requires a restart if there is a kernel update. I have never been interrupted by a Linux distro while I was working.
And panic attacks with Linux updates are very rare. ;)
Data is local but may be queried and results exported.
nothing that any of us weren't already waiting for....
recall shouldn't be legal. that's insane
Recall = Record All 😜😜😜
I actually like this new local Snapdragon AI chip. Great for running scripts once Windows is overwritten with Linux.
It will definitely be useful in Linux. Yeah. For actual useful stuff.
Soo, starting with copilot we all get the full China experience. Yay.
That tears it. I'm sick of this AI crap. I thought I'd give Microsoft one more chance. That was dumb. Time to install Linux; I just need to set aside some time to do it. I'll run Tiny11 in some way if I need iCUE or iCloud access. Those are the only true use cases I have for Windows.
Linux Mint!
I second the Linux Mint suggestion. Fantastic Linux distro! The default icons are a bit weird, so I suggest you to change them to Yaru or Papirus icons (both are included on install).
Fedora 40 KDE, best OS i've ever used period...
Given that I've had my share of dual booting problems in the past from a single physical drive, I do not recommend that you install any Linux distribution into the same physical drive that Windows already lives in. The two bootloaders from each individual operating system world, grub and windows bootloader, we're never designed and still don't play nicely together. One always overrides the other and it ends up causing a bigger mess than just that problem alone
I recommend you grab a separate SSD to put Linux Mint into and before you do anything disable quick startup AKA fast startup both inside your windows graphical desktop and your UEFI bios as well as disabled secure boot
Then properly power down the machine after at least one more reboot cycle, then completely disconnect the windows drive while you boot into the Linux Mint installation thumb drive that you create, install Linux mint, follow the obvious enough prompts and when you reboot back into the Linux desktop from the SSD you installed it into and everything looks okay you can properly power that PC down reconnect your windows drive and anytime you wish to boot on whatever other operating system world that you don't automatically boot to you can select a simple hotkey if your computer AKA motherboard is new enough. Worst case it isn't and you just have to go into your bios and change the boot drive or boot device order.
This is a safe enough dual booting measure that will allow you to learn Linux on bare metal hardware for whatever period of time you like and you can always take a break if needs be and jump right back into Windows to get things done and the chances that any problems that Microsoft could throw you that could mess with Linux are extremely slim to none
Please remember to be patient with yourself and Linux and remember that you didn't learn how to use Windows overnight in fact you probably took you more than a few weeks just like most people and there's nothing wrong with that. Take baby steps right now starting with listing all the applications and games you deal with on a daily or weekly basis in windows, look up if they work in Linux natively and for those that do not, look up cross-platform alternatives
Once you get used to using those cross-platform Alternatives within Windows desktop that is over half of the battle of being able to move and call Linux your new home
Forums.linuxmint.com
I am on that site 99% of the time daily and there are plenty dozens of other foreign members easily more knowledgeable through vast experience than I am and I'll be glad to help in any way I can. Just please remember to look up and follow the steps on that how to get help blue font link that you click on above that's in red or pink surrounding color step 5 and the second dot which tells you how to post your system info of The graphical easy way, no fear needed because it will not post any personal identifiable information as well this saves everyone time wasting guessing when it comes to any troubleshooting help you may need
You don't need iCue, openRGB can handle RGB, just a heads-up
Also, if you wanna save yourself from reading that extremely long post above AND save yourself the headache it warns you about, DON'T DUAL BOOT! Just run Windows in a VM instead!
If you set up Linux with a 8+ GB swap partition, you can run a powerful Windows VM with no notable performance loss (at least in desktop applications like a DAW). Virtualbox may or may not need the swap, idk. But other than stubborn anticheat systems that are deliberately programed to not run on Linux or in a VM, there's no reason to run Windows on bare metal next to your Linux daily driver!
I wonder how long before Microsoft comes up with a version of "Recall" that can run on a computer that doesn't have the special Security Chip so everyone can gain its "Benefits"?
I'm sure they already have it
It can run on any computer in theory, the NPU just accelerates the AI part. It would just consume more power if you didn't have that chip. Similar to rendering graphics with your CPU rather than GPU.
Already exists, just not being done locally (or locally at some cost)
You can already run recall on any modern GPU. You just have to change some regexs. It was achieved the week the Recall binaries got leaked.
Rekal: we can remember it for you wholesale.
Microsoft: we can remember it for you(r government) wholesale.
Remember that the glowies won't need to hack your computer to get remote access to Recall they'll only have to send a confidential federal order to Microsoft. This is assuming Recall doesn't already look for suspicious patterns of behavior and send it straight to the glowies already.
They don't even need the confidential federal order. The 2013 leaks stated explicitly that Microsoft willingly OFFERED to modify their systems to make requestless data retrieval easier for the NSA.
That was the point. Microsoft is there to sell your data.
Does it take full resolution screenshots? Imagine being on a 4k ultrawide. 720 screenshots per hour.
"You're running low on disk space. Do you want to upload Recall screenshots to the cloud?"👀
Well I am thinking of taking screenshots of my KDE Desktop and sending it to MS, cause there is no "Recall" for "Linux" :-) 😛Thanks for the video! And for that question about an AI-chip: NO WE DONT NEED AN AI CHIP! Best part starting: 19:00 You are hitting the "bulls-eye" with this! I 100% agree!
Why would anybody want this?
It's baffling to me.
Corporate spyware to surveil the wagies in their cagies?
God's providence. I really hope arrests and lawsuits will be made. ☦
He will judge them for their deeds, justly.
I told my mum about copilot/recall coming and she said she is keen to try Linux! 74yr old wanting to give Linux a go!
Going to show her some live ISOs for mint/POP this week! Hopefully I can convert her as she doesn't really use many windows exclusive features!
The first NPU edition is going to be designated "Big Brother" lol.
Every person that uses a computer knew about this, yet they've let that slide, Microsoft should be sued for that.
"protected at rest by Windows' disk encryption technologies"
Suddenly the BitLocker by default decision is starting to make more sense. Still not a good idea, but makes more sense.
Bitlocker is ONLY good at protecting the data WHEN the machine is turned off.. It's only effective IF someone removes the drive from the original computer, so it's not really protecting anything while the computer is running & logged in.
Most people who've left Windows have likely already done so. A few more will eventually leave, but Microsoft knows the vast majority of users will stay regardless of what they do as a company.
People will stay for only as long as there's something that they use, as an application, that is not available on Linux or another platform. Many will look at Recall, and think "well, I don't do anything that is illegal or questionable..." thus think features like Recall is not offensive. That is, until they get hacked, if they realize that they've been hacked.. Pretty soon, there won't be a need to hack a computer; you'll just go to Microsoft, cut a check, or insert a credit card number, and pull whatever data you are looking for, for whomever is still out there running the spyware OS.
"Most people who've left[sic] Windows have likely already done so."
Don't be so sure. Everybody has a different breaking point.
Sure, there are always going to be stubborn and ignorant people who will stick with what's familiar even after the rug gets pulled, but there are plenty of people who just need that last little push.
Best thing to do is offer help to those who seek it. If you're getting demoralized, you're giving the establishment (corpos, glowies, etc.) exactly what they want.
@@DudeTheMighty There would be no need for propaganda if there truly was no way out.
@@macicoinc9363 Preach, friend! Preach!
I've never had Ubuntu automatically install updates, but I do have it turned off. If you leave your computer on, it might check for updates, but it won't force you to install anything. Even if it says that it needs to restart the computer to complete updates and you don't want to do that, just tell it that you'll do it later. Beyond that, I run updates manually, except that I have the manual updater run at start up. It's a good time to do it. I do use Ubuntu Mate, but I don't think it's functionally that different from regular Ubuntu other than the desktop. The Unity desktop on Ubuntu is horrendous.
Seriously you get a GOLD STAR for that thumbnail 💯
As for Windows Recall...short of a public website page with all your work passwords on it I have to imagine Recall will be the cause of many IT team's sleepness nights 😅
We did not ask for this. Why should they have the right. I'm a day trader and do banking on line. This should be illegal! By Duke.
I wonder how this will even fly in europe were they have much better data privacy rules(i think).
17:21 actually that confirms we already have this problem...
the big difference is that recall will be able to search for images too
Great video, just moved to Pop OS
Windows: Takes you one day to remove stuff you don't want or need.
Linux: Takes you one day to install stuff you want or need, if you are lucky.
people thought dropping w11 for w10 was unusual, but I think it's about to become a far more common act.
I have two different computers: A desktop with Windows 10 LTSC for VR Gaming, and a laptop running Nobara 39 for all my other gaming. I also have plans to get a Steam Deck. Windows is awful now.
PLEASE SHOUT THIS FROM THE MOUNTAIN TOP!
PANOS SAVE US! HAVE MERCY PANOS!
which mountain top?
garbage mountain? Tenzing Montes?
so true about taking tech ideas from opensource then MS patents those techs they gathered from opensource. Active Directory came from LDAP glued with MIT Kerberos.
Copilot auto installs on Win10 also. I'm still on Win10, and it updated itself, forcing copilot onto me. They've also disabled all roll-backs. No matter how many checkpoints you save, it won't let you revert any updates any more.
Got messed over by Bitlinker. Went to Linux. Adios Microsoft. Do not need Microsoft security.
2027 "Microsoft database containing Co-pilot+ encryption keys published on the internet"
it won't take that long...
@@Dratchev241 LOL. You may be right.
There is no encryption, it's an open sql lite plaintext database.
Once again, I'd just like to thank Microsoft for reminding me why I switched to Linux.
Microsoft needs to recall this feature.
I think alot of apps are already doing this. Entertaining production!
The sad thing is that normies will still use Windows because they do not know better
Thanks for the information on Recall. I thought that there would be serious security problems with it. I made the switch to Linux years ago. And I've been very happy using my computer ever since. -Bear
I am very interested in learning the sales figures for these Copilot+ PCs.
Bet the government loves this.
Just to clarify at 2:30, you don't even remotely need an NPU to run copilot. They have said so in marketing, but just like with Win11 itself, the system requirements were highly exaggerated. A CPU can run it just fine, but perhaps with a hit to performance or power consumption.
Let's say the average user uses their computer, their own personal computer, for 4 to 6 hours a day; that leaves the computer 18 hours a day plus weekends and holidays to catch up.
A work computer - also about 6 hours a day, but usually at maybe 20% workload; so still about the same amount of unused processing power. I totally agree; it could easily run on non-CoPilot+ computers easily; it just will take a bit longer, but there is plenty of unused processor time..
@@MrPir84free You are greatly overestimating how much compute resources are required for inference on a pre-trained model, especially one that just reads text from a screenshot. A 10 year old i5 can likely run it.
I personally cant wait to see how these NPUs will be utilized in Linux
After hearing lots about Microsoft and windows which im not gonna use windows any more I got Linux
I’m using Ubuntu I have Cali Linux on another hard drive I like it actually
My conspiracy theory;
They shitified the search bars and search engines to push this... my inbox and sent folder no longer works right for my email or my Win installation
Search companies make more money the more you search, and you search more when your searches return irrelevant results. This is just a natural evolution of that process.
_"What do you mean the AI is quoting '2001: A Space Odyssey?' We didn't program it to ignore your search terms..."_
My next computer will NOT have any Mickey$oft on it!
Microsoft is going down the drain. We don't need AI capturing what we are doing on our computer. We need AI as a learning tool.
We don't need AI at all. Never have I seen such a beautifully executed scam.
Oh well, I don't see this going down well with Infosec departments, and it starts looking like a whole lot of linux on Desktop...
Best thumbnail ever!!!
the main thing that makes it hard for me to pick linux is how hard it is to pick a distro, a Desktop environment, and stuff like that. it makes it hard for me to pick because im bad with choice
Linux Mint Cinnamon
@@SwitchedtoLinux I’ve used that, pop os, arch with i3-gaps. But even after spending two weeks configuring i3 mint cinnamon is the nicest looking out of the box it feels older but cleaner. I’ve been thinking of going with xfce mint. But I’m kind of waiting for the new release of it.
@@metl7734 Yeah, it seems like you are Xfce or Lxde type - neat, minimal. I am the same, but after choosing Lxde, then Xfce, I settled for Gnome Fallback. Smoother experience... and still far from bloated and cluttered. OpenBox is nice and neat, too. I'm only choosing DEs with hardware accelerated GUI - compositor. Gnome compositor Metacity is really good and minimal.
My question is WHY. Why the hell would ANYONE want this???????
There is really no reason anymore not to switch to Linux. I switched my Laptop like 2 years ago and my gaming pc about half a year ago. It's been smooth, bs free sailing ever since. After the launch of Windows 11 I was like "THIS SHALL NOT PASS".
"The problem is it's turned on by default" knowing Microsoft it will be reenabled during updates.
And you don't need to new processor. My guess is everyone using 11 is going to find it enabled, even without the NPU (? I think thats what its called)
I love the PC I built. That's why I have a Linux Install. I feel like only having Windows on it would be like child neglect. I don't like where MS is going with general hardware and software. I feel more threatened by MS than (other) sorts of exploits that should be more problematic. Yet I still have windows. (skins a shame carrot on MS and self .) I abandoned Apple for the same reasons, I guess I can't have a something mainstream because mainstream isn't real life anymore.
Good point about Ubuntu. I actually have more upgrades on my Ubuntu system going on than on my Windows 10 system. And Ubuntu has some strange network traffic going on that I cannot explain.
I find it ironic that the files aren't encrypted because file-system encryption is a thing on NTFS while file system-level encryption isn't a thing on any Linux file systems.
Yes I know there are ways to encrypt files on Linux but, it's not at the file system level.
This is getting more scary every time i hear about it.
Thank god, i moved to Linux mint. & Microsoft thinks? This is a good idea. This will make government computers a bigger target.
I keep trying to tell people this kind of stuff, even my own family, but some of them won't listen, they just have to have Windows for MS Office, or some other piece of software I can easly provide a better alternative for, or they just have to play some game with crap DRM that won't work on Linux. Me na man, I made the full switch in 2015, & I can do everything I need on my Linux PC's, Android phones/tablets(need them for work stuff, & to fully control/update my hearing aids w/the JLab apps), and when I want a tech detox but I still need to keep in touch with the world I just pop out my Cricket SIM card, and put it into my KiOS flip phone, & move about my day. My days of being a slave to MS, & even Apple are LONG DONE!!!
I can expect a good number of these NPU-equipped laptops to get... recalled.
''windows recall'' reminds me of the ''total recall'' movie. the difference is that they don't sell implanted dreams, but implanted insecurity and surveillance.
People make an hashtag boycott microsoft please
Don't forget the KEYLOGGING implemented alongside CoPilot and Recall.
I have never had Ubuntu message me not to turn off the system because it was upgrading - sounds like bollox to me.
It asks you to close an app and restart the app if it is a snap - you can ignore it and it will install the snap while it is shutting down.
It asks you to restart the system for kernal updates - you can ignore it or choose to 'restart later'.
Correction: copilot PCs ARE out through business PC vendors. Source: a company I contract with just bought a bunch for their whole office. And yes, they already showed up, and yes, they had copilot buttons on the keyboard.
Lol, your company is fucked. Watch as productivity and efficiency plummet.