Microsoft Details Security on Copilot Plus Recall AI Feature

Microsoft has finally provided an update on how security will work on the company's controversial Recall search feature, to be available on new Copilot Plus PCs. The feature, which uses AI to help users visually search through snapshots of their past PC activity, was met with a significant backlash after it was announced in May.

In a detailed blog post on Friday,  Microsoft vice president for enterprise and OS security, David Weston, detailed some of the security features that Recall will have when it begins rolling out, apparently in an attempt to make the case that the concerns about its underlying security and privacy controls have been overblown.

Weston stressed early in the post that Recall is opt-in, and that Snapshots are not taken nor stored unless a user enables Recall. 

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