Microsoft: trust us bro!
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Source: DUH!!!!
Another study: 
Peer review 
Kinda funny, not too long ago it was a fun mental exercise if you were paying attention to the tech industry to try to think of the ways in which Google or MS could fall.
Now, AFAICT, neither are falling any time soon, but there certainly seems to be a shift in how they're perceived and how their brand sits in the market (where even so I'm still probably in a bubble on this).
But I'm not sure how predictable it would have been that both would look silly stumbling for AI dominance.
And, yea, I'm chalking recall up to the AI race as it seems like a grab for training data to me, and IIRC there were some clues around that this could be true.
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I just installed Nobara today so I could finally rid myself of Windows hell and it’s been amazing.
Lol I read that as Norton at first!
I just installed Norton Anti-Virus Suite and it's been amazing. I haven't been able to use my computer since!
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Is that a linux distro?
Nobara is a Fedora distro(essentially backed by IBM) by Glorious Eggroll (developer who made Proton GE) designed to be more gaming user oriented, as many of its preincluded configs and applications were tailored to gamers.
I am currently using Fedora mostly for gaming. I wonder what's different to Nobara?
From their site:
Fedora with user-friendly fixes added.
It seems the fixes are mostly related to better onboarding and avoiding the terminal for basic stuff, like adding yum repos. If you're already familiar with Linux it shouldn't offer you much beyond the nice-to-have kernel patches and better Nvidia compatibility.
Thx. Nvidia compatibility was the only problem I had so far. But I could solve it myself. Will check Nobara maybe the next time I get issues.
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Calling Fedora IBM backed feels so wrong but technically true I guess.
It is, a gaming focused Fedora distro to be exact.
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How has it taken them this long to publish the story real frontline tech journos
Don’t worry, DRM-ed content isn’t recorded, so big companies’ IP is protected.
Always keep Netflix open and playing to stay safe?
Just the square will be blacked out of course.
I think only the player is blocked, and would be shown in the screenshots as a black rectangle
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Make Mario my desktop background and stay protected forever by the holy power of Nintendo's lawyers.
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If the data stays on a local device why is drm protection even necessary 🤔
because you're not "allowed" (in some places you are) to copy stuff you paid for.
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Unfortunatly had to upgrade to windows11 thank god for tiny11, winutil, MAS, and virtualbox.
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If you’re faced with the tradeoff between security and another priority, your answer is clear: Do security. In some cases, this will mean prioritizing security above other things we do, such as releasing new features or providing ongoing support for legacy systems. This is key to advancing both our platform quality and capability such that we can protect the digital estates of our customers and build a safer world for all.
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, 03 May 2024
You keep using that word... I do not think it means what you think it means.
How different is this vs the previous feature which was their version of apples Time Machine?
This isn’t file backup. This takes a screenshot every few minutes, OCRs it, and stores all that in an unencrypted SQLite file in your user folder for anyone to grab.
Basically anything on your screen is recorded and stored, theoretically forever.
What use is it if it its not backup?
It's fed to an ai. Supposedly so you can ask it "what's this product and where can I buy it fast" instead of using your fingers like a normal person.
Exactly. You know how people are suspicious that they were talking about something and later see ads for it? Microsoft will now capture all your inputs to build an ad profile. "It doesn't leave your computer," yeah your computer just makes hyper-specific requests for ads.
Data harvesting.
How does this make Microsoft money? What's their path to selling the result of this feature?
You need to drop big money for the new PCs that can run this crap... Plus you can bet they'll mine your data and sell you off like a chubby prostitute from the 1800s
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Probably targeted ads, since they claim the data doesn't leave the device, they get the AI to figure out what type of ads to show.
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So Windows 11 has a built-in keylogger!
If only that. This is much more invasive
As a non-Windows-user I see that as a good thing. LLMs are not going away - but that kind of nonsense at least will make sure all PCs will eventually have cheap and reasonably fast AI acceleration. Which is required for killing off centrally hosted LLMs (plus nvidias cash grabbing)
Hahahahahahahahahaha. Just like cryptos obsesion gave us cheap crypto chips in all personal computers? Get real dude, this is just a way for them to steal even more data from people. Nothing good would come from this. Quite the oposite, we will see yet another price increase in hardware because all AI dumbasses will hoard them yet again. Don't forget these are the same morons that were pushing for cryptos and nfcs hahaha. This is people who believe in magic free money, too bad they someyimes get it because out societey is built by retards. I really can't stand people looking at the possitive at this dissaster ...
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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 spaceI’ll just stick with my 4-core cpu then… Edit: is logical both core and threads?
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At least hopefully companies will stop selling laptops with 8Gb of soldered ram.
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.
I'm pretty sure Windows doesn't have fixed-size swap. It uses pagefiles
This can be specified manually to be static
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FTFY: Windows ~~feature that screenshots everything labeled~~ is a security “disaster”
Imagine trying to use Wireshark on windows to debug or look at some service.
Just an avalanche of packets going to 20 different domains on idle.
No, no. You see, Recall runs locally. It's "edge computing". Which would imply to me that it runs on my router...? Anyway, it's not the cloud, it's edge and AI and surely super cyber, too (whatever that means). My point is, I could give you many more buzzwords, so don't worry. You won't need Wireshark ever again, just ask the AI if your network is secured. 👍
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