[HN Gopher] Giving Windows total recall of everything a user doe...
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       Giving Windows total recall of everything a user does is a privacy
       minefield
        
       Author : srameshc
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2024-05-24 21:55 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | DocChi77 wrote:
       | Honestly, I like the idea behind the feature. Sure, I could (and
       | probably should!) be more proactive with my bookmarks, or
       | otherwise saving content I find interesting.
       | 
       | But the fact is, I don't. If something like this (with negligible
       | enough compute/storage impacts) could be implemented locally, I
       | would probably buy into it. I'm sure it would be "better" with a
       | larger model, but as a jumping-off point for finding something I
       | saw or read about prior, I think a locally available model would
       | suffice.
       | 
       | Trusting Microsoft (or Apple, OpenAI, etc.) with this information
       | for a "better" AI model is not a trade-off I'd personally find
       | acceptable.
        
         | wilsonnb3 wrote:
         | > If something like this (with negligible enough
         | compute/storage impacts) could be implemented locally, I would
         | probably buy into it
         | 
         | It is implemented locally
        
           | kingforaday wrote:
           | > It is implemented locally
           | 
           | I am afraid nothing Microsoft works on is local anymore.
        
           | ekianjo wrote:
           | oh like the windows login?
        
       | labrador wrote:
       | I said this yesterday but I'll say it again in case Microsoft is
       | listening: recall could come in handy as long as it has a "start
       | record" and "stop record" button with an indicator like a red
       | light when it is recording. Otherwise I won't use it.
        
         | ekianjo wrote:
         | will you even have a choice to turn it off? they always make it
         | opt out at first until updates silently turn things on again
        
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