For those who aren’t aware, Microsoft have decided to bake essentially an infostealer into base Windows OS and enable by default.

From the Microsoft FAQ: “Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers."

Info is stored locally - but rather than something like Redline stealing your local browser password vault, now they can just steal the last 3 months of everything you’ve typed and viewed in one database.

@GossiTheDog I can't see this going live without a literal and figurative revolt, within Microsoft and outside of it.
@GossiTheDog I will watch Microsoft burn if this shit keeps up and roast marshmallows on its smoldering corpse with glee.
@NosirrahSec @GossiTheDog It kind of sucks for PC gamers though. They don't really have a choice.

@Robertcw @NosirrahSec @GossiTheDog Oh they do. You should see how great Windows games can run on GNU/Linux systems thanks to projects like Proton. It's the runtime environment used by the Steam Deck.

Some games run even better with Proton than with a Windows system:

https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux/112484756956318819

@Skyper @Robertcw @GossiTheDog I can personally vouch for this.