boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoWindows feature that screenshots everything labeled a security “disaster”www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1489arrow-down14
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minus-squarefox2263@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·6 months agoHow different is this vs the previous feature which was their version of apples Time Machine?
minus-squaretsonfeir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·6 months agoThis 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.
minus-squarefox2263@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoWhat use is it if it its not backup?
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?
Data harvesting.