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Brie (robot girl)

@sophie wow! the privacy first alternative to destroying your privacy :ms_robot_grin:

how cool, I can't wait to use it! /s

Malin

@sophie 3 weeks old, with 1.4k stars...apparently some people value this project.

Anonax

@sophie I think this actually fixes the two biggest problems with Recall: it's on by default (although they changed that after pushback), and it's controlled by a thoroughly untrustworthy company with a history of exfiltrating data without meaningful consent and sneakily changing settings when they find it convenient. OpenRecall has other issues, but at least those issues are fixable; MS Recall's are not.

Side note: I feel like these tools are overkill for what they aim to accomplish: most of their utility could be achieved with just a browser extension to save and index the text on each webpage (and some image analysis too?) and maybe a plugin for LibreOffice and Obsidian/Joplin. That approach would also keep messaging apps unindexed, and would have no risk of grabbing passwords since it could tell what's a password field (and could also keep a list of login pages not to index).

@sophie I think this actually fixes the two biggest problems with Recall: it's on by default (although they changed that after pushback), and it's controlled by a thoroughly untrustworthy company with a history of exfiltrating data without meaningful consent and sneakily changing settings when they find it convenient. OpenRecall has other issues, but at least those issues are fixable; MS Recall's are not.

toadjaune

@sophie Linux users going full : "look, of course it's a terrible idea, but we can't have anything that windows can do but not Linux" X)

charlesesmith

@sophie I came to make the joke that OpenTorment was obviously developed by the makers of the TormentNexus, and sure enough…

peacememories

@sophie they had me at the screenshot of a melon husk tweet /s

DocRekd

@sophie This is what I hate about current debate about #ai, people tend to throw the baby with the bathwater.

And yes #microsoft_recall has a kernel of good idea implemented by the worst corporation ever

Dźwiedziu

@sophie As an #AuADHD person I wouldn't throw this out of the window (ha ha) outright… :thonking:

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