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	==Background==		==Background==
	In 2024, Microsoft unveiled Recall for Copilot+ PCs,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2002-01-25 \|title=Competitive Processes, Anticompetitive Practices And Consumer Harm In The Software Industry: An Analysis Of The Inadequacies Of The Microsoft-Department Of Justice Proposed Final Judgment \|url=https://www.justice.gov/atr/competitive-processes-anticompetitive-practices-and-consumer-harm-software-industry-analysis \|url-status=live \|website=U.S. Department of Justice \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251118112915/https://www.justice.gov/atr/competitive-processes-anticompetitive-practices-and-consumer-harm-software-industry-analysis \|archive-date=18 Nov 2025}}</ref> marketed as a way for users to search through what they have done on their computer by recording their screen. This sparked controversy,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Allan \|first=Darren \|date=2024-05-23 \|title=Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature for Windows 11 could already be in legal hot water \|url=https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-for-windows-11-could-already-be-in-legal-hot-water \|url-status=live \|website=Techradar \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251002141424/https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-for-windows-11-could-already-be-in-legal-hot-water \|archive-date=2 Oct 2025}}</ref> especially among security experts<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Hassan \|first=Nilhad \|title=Privacy and security risks surrounding Microsoft Recall \|url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/Privacy-and-security-risks-surrounding-Microsoft-Recall \|website=TechTarget \|date=4 Nov 2024 \|access-date=23 May 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251209084156/https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/Privacy-and-security-risks-surrounding-Microsoft-Recall \|archive-date=9 Dec 2025}}</ref> who worried about the security of screenshots, since it could easily document private information like social-security numbers, bank-account information, and passwords, as well as user browsing behavior. A massive security oversight was the '''initial''' version of Microsoft Recall gathering information into a '''plain text database'''<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Beaumont \|first=Kevin \|date=2024 \|title=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 \|url=https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128195155/https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e?gi=e57abd81f3e3 \|archive-date=2025-01-28 \|access-date=2025-10-18 \|website=Medium}}</ref>. Later versions of Recall subsequently encrypt the database.<ref name=":1" /> But Gaming Copilot has traces of the Recall Software which failed all the privacy tests it was given.<ref>{{cite web \|first=Kevin \|last=Beaumont \|website=DoublePulsar \|url=https://doublepulsar.com/microsoft-builds-on-recall-with-gaming-copilot-fails-basic-privacy-tests-52988576bcc8 \|url-status=live \|date=23 Oct 2025 }}</ref>		In 2024, Microsoft unveiled Recall for Copilot+ PCs,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2002-01-25 \|title=Competitive Processes, Anticompetitive Practices And Consumer Harm In The Software Industry: An Analysis Of The Inadequacies Of The Microsoft-Department Of Justice Proposed Final Judgment \|url=https://www.justice.gov/atr/competitive-processes-anticompetitive-practices-and-consumer-harm-software-industry-analysis \|url-status=live \|website=U.S. Department of Justice \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251118112915/https://www.justice.gov/atr/competitive-processes-anticompetitive-practices-and-consumer-harm-software-industry-analysis \|archive-date=18 Nov 2025}}</ref> marketed as a way for users to search through what they have done on their computer by recording their screen. This sparked controversy,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Allan \|first=Darren \|date=2024-05-23 \|title=Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature for Windows 11 could already be in legal hot water \|url=https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-for-windows-11-could-already-be-in-legal-hot-water \|url-status=live \|website=Techradar \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251002141424/https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-for-windows-11-could-already-be-in-legal-hot-water \|archive-date=2 Oct 2025}}</ref> especially among security experts<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Hassan \|first=Nilhad \|title=Privacy and security risks surrounding Microsoft Recall \|url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/Privacy-and-security-risks-surrounding-Microsoft-Recall \|website=TechTarget \|date=4 Nov 2024 \|access-date=23 May 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251209084156/https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/Privacy-and-security-risks-surrounding-Microsoft-Recall \|archive-date=9 Dec 2025}}</ref> who worried about the security of screenshots, since it could easily document private information like social-security numbers, bank-account information, and passwords, as well as user browsing behavior. A massive security oversight was the '''initial''' version of Microsoft Recall gathering information into a '''plain text database'''<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Beaumont \|first=Kevin \|date=2024 \|title=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 \|url=https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128195155/https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e?gi=e57abd81f3e3 \|archive-date=2025-01-28 \|access-date=2025-10-18 \|website=Medium}}</ref>. Later versions of Recall subsequently encrypt the database.<ref name=":1" /> But Gaming Copilot has traces of the Recall Software which failed all the privacy tests it was given.<ref>{{cite web \|first=Kevin \|last=Beaumont \|website=DoublePulsar \|title=Microsoft builds on Recall with Gaming Copilot — fails basic privacy tests \|url=https://doublepulsar.com/microsoft-builds-on-recall-with-gaming-copilot-fails-basic-privacy-tests-52988576bcc8 \|url-status=live \|date=23 Oct 2025 }}</ref>

	===System requirements for Recall===		===System requirements for Recall===

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	Recall is a feature of [[Windows 11]] that records the user's activity using snapshots and allows users to retrace their previous activity., using [[Microsoft Copilot\|Copilot]], [[Microsoft]]'s [[Artificial intelligence]](AI) assistant. It takes screenshots of the user's desktop every few seconds to be used by Copilot. It was initially impossible to remove this from your computer and its screenshots were unencrypted.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Warren \|first=Tom \|date=2024-09-27 \|title=Microsoft’s more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users \|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|url-status=live \|website=The Verge \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260101111442/https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|archive-date=1 Jan 2026}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Retrace your steps with Recall - Microsoft Support \|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c \|access-date=2025-08-23 \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260121194712/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c \|archive-date=21 Jan 2026}}</ref>		Recall is a feature of [[Windows 11]] that records the user's activity using snapshots and allows users to retrace their previous activity., using [[Microsoft Copilot\|Copilot]], [[Microsoft]]'s [[Artificial intelligence]](AI) assistant. It takes screenshots of the user's desktop every few seconds to be used by Copilot. It was initially impossible to remove this from your computer and its screenshots were unencrypted.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|last=Warren \|first=Tom \|date=2024-09-27 \|title=Microsoft’s more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users \|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|url-status=live \|website=The Verge \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260101111442/https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|archive-date=1 Jan 2026}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Retrace your steps with Recall - Microsoft Support \|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c \|access-date=2025-08-23 \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260121194712/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c \|archive-date=21 Jan 2026}}</ref>

	==Background==		==Background==
	In 2024, Microsoft unveiled Recall for Copilot+ PCs,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2002-01-25 \|title=Competitive Processes, Anticompetitive Practices And Consumer Harm In The Software Industry: An Analysis Of The Inadequacies Of The Microsoft-Department Of Justice Proposed Final Judgment \|url=https://www.justice.gov/atr/competitive-processes-anticompetitive-practices-and-consumer-harm-software-industry-analysis \|url-status=live \|website=U.S. Department of Justice \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251118112915/https://www.justice.gov/atr/competitive-processes-anticompetitive-practices-and-consumer-harm-software-industry-analysis \|archive-date=18 Nov 2025}}</ref> marketed as a way for users to search through what they have done on their computer by recording their screen. This sparked controversy,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Allan \|first=Darren \|date=2024-05-23 \|title=Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature for Windows 11 could already be in legal hot water \|url=https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-for-windows-11-could-already-be-in-legal-hot-water \|url-status=live \|website=Techradar \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251002141424/https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-for-windows-11-could-already-be-in-legal-hot-water \|archive-date=2 Oct 2025}}</ref> especially among security experts<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Hassan \|first=Nilhad \|title=Privacy and security risks surrounding Microsoft Recall \|url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/Privacy-and-security-risks-surrounding-Microsoft-Recall \|website=TechTarget \|date=4 Nov 2024 \|access-date=23 May 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251209084156/https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/Privacy-and-security-risks-surrounding-Microsoft-Recall \|archive-date=9 Dec 2025}}</ref> who worried about the security of screenshots, since it could easily document private information like social-security numbers, bank-account information, and passwords, as well as user browsing behavior. A massive security oversight was the '''initial''' version of Microsoft Recall gathering information into a '''plain text database'''<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Beaumont \|first=Kevin \|date=2024 \|title=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 \|url=https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128195155/https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e?gi=e57abd81f3e3 \|archive-date=2025-01-28 \|access-date=2025-10-18 \|website=Medium}}</ref>. Later versions of Recall subsequently encrypt the database.<ref~~>{{Cite news \|last=Warren \|first=Tom \|date=2024-09-28 \|title=Microsoft’s more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users \|url~~=~~https~~://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927170451/https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|archive-date=2024-09-27 \|access-date=2025-10-18 \|work=The Verge}}</ref> But Gaming Copilot has traces of the Recall Software which failed all the privacy tests it was given. [https://doublepulsar.com/microsoft-builds-on-recall-with-gaming-copilot-fails-basic-privacy-tests-52988576bcc8]		In 2024, Microsoft unveiled Recall for Copilot+ PCs,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2002-01-25 \|title=Competitive Processes, Anticompetitive Practices And Consumer Harm In The Software Industry: An Analysis Of The Inadequacies Of The Microsoft-Department Of Justice Proposed Final Judgment \|url=https://www.justice.gov/atr/competitive-processes-anticompetitive-practices-and-consumer-harm-software-industry-analysis \|url-status=live \|website=U.S. Department of Justice \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251118112915/https://www.justice.gov/atr/competitive-processes-anticompetitive-practices-and-consumer-harm-software-industry-analysis \|archive-date=18 Nov 2025}}</ref> marketed as a way for users to search through what they have done on their computer by recording their screen. This sparked controversy,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Allan \|first=Darren \|date=2024-05-23 \|title=Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature for Windows 11 could already be in legal hot water \|url=https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-for-windows-11-could-already-be-in-legal-hot-water \|url-status=live \|website=Techradar \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251002141424/https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-for-windows-11-could-already-be-in-legal-hot-water \|archive-date=2 Oct 2025}}</ref> especially among security experts<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Hassan \|first=Nilhad \|title=Privacy and security risks surrounding Microsoft Recall \|url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/Privacy-and-security-risks-surrounding-Microsoft-Recall \|website=TechTarget \|date=4 Nov 2024 \|access-date=23 May 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251209084156/https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/Privacy-and-security-risks-surrounding-Microsoft-Recall \|archive-date=9 Dec 2025}}</ref> who worried about the security of screenshots, since it could easily document private information like social-security numbers, bank-account information, and passwords, as well as user browsing behavior. A massive security oversight was the '''initial''' version of Microsoft Recall gathering information into a '''plain text database'''<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Beaumont \|first=Kevin \|date=2024 \|title=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 \|url=https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128195155/https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e?gi=e57abd81f3e3 \|archive-date=2025-01-28 \|access-date=2025-10-18 \|website=Medium}}</ref>. Later versions of Recall subsequently encrypt the database.<ref name=":1" /> But Gaming Copilot has traces of the Recall Software which failed all the privacy tests it was given.<ref>{{cite web \|first=Kevin \|last=Beaumont \|website=DoublePulsar \|url=https://doublepulsar.com/microsoft-builds-on-recall-with-gaming-copilot-fails-basic-privacy-tests-52988576bcc8 \|url-status=live \|date=23 Oct 2025 }}</ref>

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	Recall is a feature of [[Windows 11]] that records the user's activity using snapshots and allows users to retrace their previous activity., using [[Microsoft Copilot\|Copilot]], [[Microsoft]]'s [[Artificial intelligence]](AI) assistant. It takes screenshots of the user's desktop every few seconds to be used by Copilot. It was initially impossible to remove this from your computer and its screenshots were unencrypted.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Warren \|first=Tom \|date=2024-09-27 \|title=Microsoft’s more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users \|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|url-status=live \|website=The Verge \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260101111442/https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|archive-date=1 Jan 2026}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Retrace your steps with Recall - Microsoft Support \|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c \|access-date=2025-08-23 \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260121194712/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c \|archive-date=21 Jan 2026}}</ref>		Recall is a feature of [[Windows 11]] that records the user's activity using snapshots and allows users to retrace their previous activity., using [[Microsoft Copilot\|Copilot]], [[Microsoft]]'s [[Artificial intelligence]](AI) assistant. It takes screenshots of the user's desktop every few seconds to be used by Copilot. It was initially impossible to remove this from your computer and its screenshots were unencrypted.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Warren \|first=Tom \|date=2024-09-27 \|title=Microsoft’s more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users \|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|url-status=live \|website=The Verge \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260101111442/https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|archive-date=1 Jan 2026}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Retrace your steps with Recall - Microsoft Support \|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c \|access-date=2025-08-23 \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260121194712/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c \|archive-date=21 Jan 2026}}</ref>

	==Background==		==Background==
	In 2024, Microsoft unveiled Recall for Copilot+ PCs,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2002-01-25 \|title=Competitive Processes, Anticompetitive Practices And Consumer Harm In The Software Industry: An Analysis Of The Inadequacies Of The Microsoft-Department Of Justice Proposed Final Judgment \|url=https://www.justice.gov/atr/competitive-processes-anticompetitive-practices-and-consumer-harm-software-industry-analysis \|url-status=live \|website=~~DOJ~~ \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251118112915/https://www.justice.gov/atr/competitive-processes-anticompetitive-practices-and-consumer-harm-software-industry-analysis \|archive-date=18 Nov 2025}}</ref> marketed as a way for users to search through what they have done on their computer by recording their screen. This sparked controversy,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Allan \|first=Darren \|date=2024-05-23 \|title=Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature for Windows 11 could already be in legal hot water \|url=https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-for-windows-11-could-already-be-in-legal-hot-water \|url-status=live \|website=Techradar \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251002141424/https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-for-windows-11-could-already-be-in-legal-hot-water \|archive-date=2 Oct 2025}}</ref> especially among security experts<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Hassan \|first=Nilhad \|title=Privacy and security risks surrounding Microsoft Recall \|url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/Privacy-and-security-risks-surrounding-Microsoft-Recall \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251209084156/https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/Privacy-and-security-risks-surrounding-Microsoft-Recall \|archive-date=9 Dec 2025}}</ref> who worried about the security of screenshots, since it could easily document private information like social-security numbers, bank-account information, and passwords, as well as user browsing behavior. A massive security oversight was the '''initial''' version of Microsoft Recall gathering information into a '''plain text database'''<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Beaumont \|first=Kevin \|date=2024 \|title=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 \|url=https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128195155/https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e?gi=e57abd81f3e3 \|archive-date=2025-01-28 \|access-date=2025-10-18 \|website=Medium}}</ref>. Later versions of Recall subsequently encrypt the database.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Warren \|first=Tom \|date=2024-09-28 \|title=Microsoft’s more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users \|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927170451/https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|archive-date=2024-09-27 \|access-date=2025-10-18 \|work=[[The Verge]]}}</ref> But Gaming Copilot has traces of the Recall Software which failed all the privacy tests it was given. [https://doublepulsar.com/microsoft-builds-on-recall-with-gaming-copilot-fails-basic-privacy-tests-52988576bcc8]		In 2024, Microsoft unveiled Recall for Copilot+ PCs,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2002-01-25 \|title=Competitive Processes, Anticompetitive Practices And Consumer Harm In The Software Industry: An Analysis Of The Inadequacies Of The Microsoft-Department Of Justice Proposed Final Judgment \|url=https://www.justice.gov/atr/competitive-processes-anticompetitive-practices-and-consumer-harm-software-industry-analysis \|url-status=live \|website=U.S. Department of Justice \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251118112915/https://www.justice.gov/atr/competitive-processes-anticompetitive-practices-and-consumer-harm-software-industry-analysis \|archive-date=18 Nov 2025}}</ref> marketed as a way for users to search through what they have done on their computer by recording their screen. This sparked controversy,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Allan \|first=Darren \|date=2024-05-23 \|title=Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature for Windows 11 could already be in legal hot water \|url=https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-for-windows-11-could-already-be-in-legal-hot-water \|url-status=live \|website=Techradar \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251002141424/https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-for-windows-11-could-already-be-in-legal-hot-water \|archive-date=2 Oct 2025}}</ref> especially among security experts<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Hassan \|first=Nilhad \|title=Privacy and security risks surrounding Microsoft Recall \|url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/Privacy-and-security-risks-surrounding-Microsoft-Recall \|website=TechTarget \|date=4 Nov 2024 \|access-date=23 May 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251209084156/https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/Privacy-and-security-risks-surrounding-Microsoft-Recall \|archive-date=9 Dec 2025}}</ref> who worried about the security of screenshots, since it could easily document private information like social-security numbers, bank-account information, and passwords, as well as user browsing behavior. A massive security oversight was the '''initial''' version of Microsoft Recall gathering information into a '''plain text database'''<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Beaumont \|first=Kevin \|date=2024 \|title=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 \|url=https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128195155/https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e?gi=e57abd81f3e3 \|archive-date=2025-01-28 \|access-date=2025-10-18 \|website=Medium}}</ref>. Later versions of Recall subsequently encrypt the database.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Warren \|first=Tom \|date=2024-09-28 \|title=Microsoft’s more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users \|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927170451/https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|archive-date=2024-09-27 \|access-date=2025-10-18 \|work=The Verge}}</ref> But Gaming Copilot has traces of the Recall Software which failed all the privacy tests it was given. [https://doublepulsar.com/microsoft-builds-on-recall-with-gaming-copilot-fails-basic-privacy-tests-52988576bcc8]

	~~===System requirements for Recall:===~~

			===System requirements for Recall===
	*A Copilot+ PC that meets Microsoft's Secure-core standard		*A Copilot+ PC that meets Microsoft's Secure-core standard
	*40 TOPS NPU		*40 TOPS NPU
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	*Device Encryption or Bitlocker needs to be enabled		*Device Encryption or Bitlocker needs to be enabled
	*Users need to enroll into Windows Hello Sign-in Security with at least one biometric sign-in option enabled<ref name=":0" />		*Users need to enroll into Windows Hello Sign-in Security with at least one biometric sign-in option enabled<ref name=":0" />

			===Microsoft's response===
			{{Ph-I-ComR}}

			==Consumer response==
			{{Ph-I-ConR}}

	==References==		==References==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}
	[[Category:Microsoft]]		[[Category:Microsoft]]

Sojourna at 06:45, 4 March 2026

2026-03-04T06:45:30Z

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	Recall is a feature of [[Windows 11]] that records the user's activity using snapshots and allows users to retrace their previous activity., using [[Microsoft ~~copilot~~\|Copilot]], [[Microsoft]]'s [[Artificial intelligence]](AI) assistant. It takes screenshots of the user's desktop every few seconds to be used by Copilot. It was initially impossible to remove this from your computer and its screenshots were unencrypted.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Warren \|first=Tom \|date=2024-09-27 \|title=Microsoft’s more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users \|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|url-status=live \|website=The Verge \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260101111442/https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|archive-date=1 Jan 2026}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Retrace your steps with Recall - Microsoft Support \|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c \|access-date=2025-08-23 \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260121194712/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c \|archive-date=21 Jan 2026}}</ref>		Recall is a feature of [[Windows 11]] that records the user's activity using snapshots and allows users to retrace their previous activity., using [[Microsoft Copilot\|Copilot]], [[Microsoft]]'s [[Artificial intelligence]](AI) assistant. It takes screenshots of the user's desktop every few seconds to be used by Copilot. It was initially impossible to remove this from your computer and its screenshots were unencrypted.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Warren \|first=Tom \|date=2024-09-27 \|title=Microsoft’s more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users \|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|url-status=live \|website=The Verge \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260101111442/https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|archive-date=1 Jan 2026}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Retrace your steps with Recall - Microsoft Support \|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c \|access-date=2025-08-23 \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260121194712/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c \|archive-date=21 Jan 2026}}</ref>

	==Background==		==Background==

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2026-02-23T06:16:35Z

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	Recall is a feature of [[Windows 11]] that records the user's activity using snapshots and allows users to retrace their previous activity., using [[Microsoft copilot\|Copilot]], [[Microsoft]]'s [[Artificial intelligence]](AI) assistant. It takes screenshots of the user's desktop every few seconds to be used by Copilot. It was initially impossible to remove this from your computer and its screenshots were unencrypted.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Warren \|first=Tom \|date=2024-09-27 \|title=Microsoft’s more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users \|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|url-status=live \|website=The Verge}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Retrace your steps with Recall - Microsoft Support \|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c \|access-date=2025-08-23}}</ref>		Recall is a feature of [[Windows 11]] that records the user's activity using snapshots and allows users to retrace their previous activity., using [[Microsoft copilot\|Copilot]], [[Microsoft]]'s [[Artificial intelligence]](AI) assistant. It takes screenshots of the user's desktop every few seconds to be used by Copilot. It was initially impossible to remove this from your computer and its screenshots were unencrypted.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Warren \|first=Tom \|date=2024-09-27 \|title=Microsoft’s more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users \|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|url-status=live \|website=The Verge \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260101111442/https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|archive-date=1 Jan 2026}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Retrace your steps with Recall - Microsoft Support \|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c \|access-date=2025-08-23 \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260121194712/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c \|archive-date=21 Jan 2026}}</ref>

	==Background==		==Background==
	In 2024, Microsoft unveiled Recall for Copilot+ PCs,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2002-01-25 \|title=Competitive Processes, Anticompetitive Practices And Consumer Harm In The Software Industry: An Analysis Of The Inadequacies Of The Microsoft-Department Of Justice Proposed Final Judgment \|url=https://www.justice.gov/atr/competitive-processes-anticompetitive-practices-and-consumer-harm-software-industry-analysis \|url-status=live \|website=DOJ}}</ref> marketed as a way for users to search through what they have done on their computer by recording their screen. This sparked controversy,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Allan \|first=Darren \|date=2024-05-23 \|title=Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature for Windows 11 could already be in legal hot water \|url=https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-for-windows-11-could-already-be-in-legal-hot-water \|url-status=live \|website=Techradar}}</ref> especially among security experts<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Hassan \|first=Nilhad \|title=Privacy and security risks surrounding Microsoft Recall \|url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/Privacy-and-security-risks-surrounding-Microsoft-Recall \|url-status=live}}</ref> who worried about the security of screenshots, since it could easily document private information like social-security numbers, bank-account information, and passwords, as well as user browsing behavior. A massive security oversight was the '''initial''' version of Microsoft Recall gathering information into a '''plain text database'''<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Beaumont \|first=Kevin \|date=2024 \|title=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 \|url=https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128195155/https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e?gi=e57abd81f3e3 \|archive-date=2025-01-28 \|access-date=2025-10-18 \|website=Medium}}</ref>. Later versions of Recall subsequently encrypt the database.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Warren \|first=Tom \|date=2024-09-28 \|title=Microsoft’s more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users \|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927170451/https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|archive-date=2024-09-27 \|access-date=2025-10-18 \|work=[[The Verge]]}}</ref> But Gaming Copilot has traces of the Recall Software which failed all the privacy tests it was given. [https://doublepulsar.com/microsoft-builds-on-recall-with-gaming-copilot-fails-basic-privacy-tests-52988576bcc8]		In 2024, Microsoft unveiled Recall for Copilot+ PCs,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2002-01-25 \|title=Competitive Processes, Anticompetitive Practices And Consumer Harm In The Software Industry: An Analysis Of The Inadequacies Of The Microsoft-Department Of Justice Proposed Final Judgment \|url=https://www.justice.gov/atr/competitive-processes-anticompetitive-practices-and-consumer-harm-software-industry-analysis \|url-status=live \|website=DOJ \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251118112915/https://www.justice.gov/atr/competitive-processes-anticompetitive-practices-and-consumer-harm-software-industry-analysis \|archive-date=18 Nov 2025}}</ref> marketed as a way for users to search through what they have done on their computer by recording their screen. This sparked controversy,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Allan \|first=Darren \|date=2024-05-23 \|title=Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature for Windows 11 could already be in legal hot water \|url=https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-for-windows-11-could-already-be-in-legal-hot-water \|url-status=live \|website=Techradar \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251002141424/https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-for-windows-11-could-already-be-in-legal-hot-water \|archive-date=2 Oct 2025}}</ref> especially among security experts<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Hassan \|first=Nilhad \|title=Privacy and security risks surrounding Microsoft Recall \|url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/Privacy-and-security-risks-surrounding-Microsoft-Recall \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251209084156/https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/Privacy-and-security-risks-surrounding-Microsoft-Recall \|archive-date=9 Dec 2025}}</ref> who worried about the security of screenshots, since it could easily document private information like social-security numbers, bank-account information, and passwords, as well as user browsing behavior. A massive security oversight was the '''initial''' version of Microsoft Recall gathering information into a '''plain text database'''<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Beaumont \|first=Kevin \|date=2024 \|title=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 \|url=https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128195155/https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e?gi=e57abd81f3e3 \|archive-date=2025-01-28 \|access-date=2025-10-18 \|website=Medium}}</ref>. Later versions of Recall subsequently encrypt the database.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Warren \|first=Tom \|date=2024-09-28 \|title=Microsoft’s more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users \|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927170451/https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|archive-date=2024-09-27 \|access-date=2025-10-18 \|work=[[The Verge]]}}</ref> But Gaming Copilot has traces of the Recall Software which failed all the privacy tests it was given. [https://doublepulsar.com/microsoft-builds-on-recall-with-gaming-copilot-fails-basic-privacy-tests-52988576bcc8]

	===System requirements for Recall:===		===System requirements for Recall:===

2600:1700:D210:7530:B1AA:9AD5:5EA8:61B2: Given new evidence of Recall in Gaming Copilot failing basic privacy tests. Someone else needs to add the reference link. It was articled by Double Pulsar.

2025-10-26T09:54:27Z

Given new evidence of Recall in Gaming Copilot failing basic privacy tests. Someone else needs to add the reference link. It was articled by Double Pulsar.

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	Recall is a feature of [[Windows 11]] that records the user's activity using snapshots and allows users to retrace their previous activity., using [[Microsoft copilot\|Copilot]], [[Microsoft]]'s [[Artificial intelligence]](AI) assistant. It takes screenshots of the user's desktop every few seconds to be used by Copilot. It was initially impossible to remove this ~~spyware~~ from your computer and its screenshots were unencrypted.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Warren \|first=Tom \|date=2024-09-27 \|title=Microsoft’s more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users \|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|url-status=live \|website=The Verge}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Retrace your steps with Recall - Microsoft Support \|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c \|access-date=2025-08-23}}</ref>		Recall is a feature of [[Windows 11]] that records the user's activity using snapshots and allows users to retrace their previous activity., using [[Microsoft copilot\|Copilot]], [[Microsoft]]'s [[Artificial intelligence]](AI) assistant. It takes screenshots of the user's desktop every few seconds to be used by Copilot. It was initially impossible to remove this from your computer and its screenshots were unencrypted.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Warren \|first=Tom \|date=2024-09-27 \|title=Microsoft’s more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users \|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|url-status=live \|website=The Verge}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Retrace your steps with Recall - Microsoft Support \|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c \|access-date=2025-08-23}}</ref>

	==Background==		==Background==
	In 2024, Microsoft unveiled Recall for Copilot+ PCs,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2002-01-25 \|title=Competitive Processes, Anticompetitive Practices And Consumer Harm In The Software Industry: An Analysis Of The Inadequacies Of The Microsoft-Department Of Justice Proposed Final Judgment \|url=https://www.justice.gov/atr/competitive-processes-anticompetitive-practices-and-consumer-harm-software-industry-analysis \|url-status=live \|website=DOJ}}</ref> marketed as a way for users to search through what they have done on their computer by recording their screen. This sparked controversy,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Allan \|first=Darren \|date=2024-05-23 \|title=Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature for Windows 11 could already be in legal hot water \|url=https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-for-windows-11-could-already-be-in-legal-hot-water \|url-status=live \|website=Techradar}}</ref> especially among security experts<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Hassan \|first=Nilhad \|title=Privacy and security risks surrounding Microsoft Recall \|url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/Privacy-and-security-risks-surrounding-Microsoft-Recall \|url-status=live}}</ref> who worried about the security of screenshots, since it could easily document private information like social-security numbers, bank-account information, and passwords, as well as user browsing behavior. A massive security oversight was the '''initial''' version of Microsoft Recall gathering information into a '''plain text database'''<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Beaumont \|first=Kevin \|date=2024 \|title=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 \|url=https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128195155/https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e?gi=e57abd81f3e3 \|archive-date=2025-01-28 \|access-date=2025-10-18 \|website=Medium}}</ref>. Later versions of Recall subsequently encrypt the database.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Warren \|first=Tom \|date=2024-09-28 \|title=Microsoft’s more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users \|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927170451/https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|archive-date=2024-09-27 \|access-date=2025-10-18 \|work=[[The Verge]]}}</ref>		In 2024, Microsoft unveiled Recall for Copilot+ PCs,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2002-01-25 \|title=Competitive Processes, Anticompetitive Practices And Consumer Harm In The Software Industry: An Analysis Of The Inadequacies Of The Microsoft-Department Of Justice Proposed Final Judgment \|url=https://www.justice.gov/atr/competitive-processes-anticompetitive-practices-and-consumer-harm-software-industry-analysis \|url-status=live \|website=DOJ}}</ref> marketed as a way for users to search through what they have done on their computer by recording their screen. This sparked controversy,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Allan \|first=Darren \|date=2024-05-23 \|title=Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature for Windows 11 could already be in legal hot water \|url=https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-for-windows-11-could-already-be-in-legal-hot-water \|url-status=live \|website=Techradar}}</ref> especially among security experts<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Hassan \|first=Nilhad \|title=Privacy and security risks surrounding Microsoft Recall \|url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/Privacy-and-security-risks-surrounding-Microsoft-Recall \|url-status=live}}</ref> who worried about the security of screenshots, since it could easily document private information like social-security numbers, bank-account information, and passwords, as well as user browsing behavior. A massive security oversight was the '''initial''' version of Microsoft Recall gathering information into a '''plain text database'''<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Beaumont \|first=Kevin \|date=2024 \|title=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 \|url=https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128195155/https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e?gi=e57abd81f3e3 \|archive-date=2025-01-28 \|access-date=2025-10-18 \|website=Medium}}</ref>. Later versions of Recall subsequently encrypt the database.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Warren \|first=Tom \|date=2024-09-28 \|title=Microsoft’s more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users \|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927170451/https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|archive-date=2024-09-27 \|access-date=2025-10-18 \|work=[[The Verge]]}}</ref> But Gaming Copilot has traces of the Recall Software which failed all the privacy tests it was given. [https://doublepulsar.com/microsoft-builds-on-recall-with-gaming-copilot-fails-basic-privacy-tests-52988576bcc8]

	===System requirements for Recall:===		===System requirements for Recall:===

2600:1700:D210:7530:B1AA:9AD5:5EA8:61B2 at 09:48, 26 October 2025

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	Recall is a feature of [[Windows 11]] that records the user's activity using snapshots and allows users to retrace their previous activity., using [[Microsoft copilot\|Copilot]], [[Microsoft]]'s [[Artificial intelligence]](AI) assistant. It takes screenshots of the user's desktop every few seconds to be used by Copilot. It was initially impossible to remove from your computer and its screenshots were unencrypted.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Warren \|first=Tom \|date=2024-09-27 \|title=Microsoft’s more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users \|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|url-status=live \|website=The Verge}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Retrace your steps with Recall - Microsoft Support \|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c \|access-date=2025-08-23}}</ref>		Recall is a feature of [[Windows 11]] that records the user's activity using snapshots and allows users to retrace their previous activity., using [[Microsoft copilot\|Copilot]], [[Microsoft]]'s [[Artificial intelligence]](AI) assistant. It takes screenshots of the user's desktop every few seconds to be used by Copilot. It was initially impossible to remove this spyware from your computer and its screenshots were unencrypted.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Warren \|first=Tom \|date=2024-09-27 \|title=Microsoft’s more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users \|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-security-improvements-overhaul-uninstall \|url-status=live \|website=The Verge}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Retrace your steps with Recall - Microsoft Support \|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c \|access-date=2025-08-23}}</ref>

	==Background==		==Background==