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Stealing everything you’ve ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster. (doublepulsar.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Q. Is this really as harmful as you think?

A. Go to your parents house, your grandparents house etc and look at their Windows PC, look at the installed software in the past year, and try to use the device. Run some antivirus scans. There’s no way this implementation doesn’t end in tears — there’s a reason there’s a trillion dollar security industry, and that most problems revolve around malware and endpoints.

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[–] TalesOfTrees@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago (4 children)

As reasonable the concerns are... it seems like there's quite a bit of fearmongering over software and hardware that haven't even really gotten into the mainstream yet.

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 months ago

I heard this same argument from people all the time. Until it affects you in a meaningful way to change your mind, it'll be too late.

[–] Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Do you think it would be a better idea to wait until it’s installed and active on every Windows computer before we start a discussion on how bad Copilot is?

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Only computers that can run it.... are pretty much none of the computers running 11 today. The CPU needs to have an NPU, as the AI functionality is run locally on the PC.

[–] Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago

Go look at all the Windows PCs announced in the last few months and you will see they have NPUs. So again, why would we wait until it is too late to try to stop this nonsense?

Also the “AI” may run locally but it saves the info into an easily accessible and readable SQLite database in the users AppData. It will be trivial for malicious actors to access.

[–] exanime@lemmy.today 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Agreed that there is a bit of exgaerated dread.. but honestly this has all the hallmarks of a monkey knife fight in an elevator, it's hard to imagine how this won't end in disaster

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm just imagining a monkey knife fight in an elevator now... They are cartoon monkeys btw.

[–] Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

AI monkeys with knives and their fingers are truly scary to behold.

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And you can't tell where the knife ends and the fingers^3^ begin.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

And they have the wrong number of fingers and knives.

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

I have no idea what a monkey knife is. Monkeys with knives... knives made of monkeys... pejorative... metaphorical...

[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 5 months ago

The writing style is a bit weird, but I think the concerns are valid. That sqlite file is a treasure trove for hackers/scammers.