The controversial Windows call has now been released from Microsoft, and it represents a lot of risks to your privacy as much as it may be a blessing for your productivity.
Microsoft said on Friday that the summons is just one of the many new features that will reach or reach Copilot+ PC. I remember, the improved semantic search for Windows, direct comments, and Cocreator, and Restyle Image and Image Creator within the images, are now available for Copilot+ PCS that includes the Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU as well as computers that contain qualified processes from AMD and Intel. Some features are available – click to do this, direct illustrations, and audio access – for Copilot+ PCS that work on Snapdragon, but support for AMD and Intel chips is not completely available.
For Microsoft, the issuance of these features that work with artificial intelligence materials is a cause of celebration, finally made promises to a scientist who works on behalf of the company for the first time a year ago. But in the weeks and months that the Microsoft summoned for the first time, a darker side of its potential appeared.
Now, the summons and the reserved shots provide it with a record of information that can be used against you. Fortunately, Microsoft did not move away from allowing you to completely remove the summons, and delete these reserved records completely.
It is also important to put the summons in the perspective. Now, by default, remember, which means that you will have to enable it explicitly. But even if you want to use the summons, it is only available for Copilot+ computers, which is a small sub -group of computers available on the market. Just because the available summons does not mean that your computer will necessarily receive it. Even the most modern computers, such as the Intel Core Ultra 200 series (Arrow Lake) does not have the NPU power needed to operate the summons.
What is Windows?
Microsoft announced for the first time a summons at the May 2024 event at its headquarters in RedMond, Wash. , Where the company first appeared in many new Windows features to supplement the newly announced Copilot+ PCS. Armel is designed as a kind of search assistant: As you went in your daily work, the recall will take and store “footage” for your computer, which can “read” recognize visual charging. (At that time, the summons was not designed to stick to it.)
Basically, calling your computer can be looking for part of the information without knowing the application in which it was captured, or when it was stored. In the concept, I appealed to the hypothesis of me.
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Privacy experts differed, a great time. Instead of working as a useful tool, you can store summons of clips of information that was not necessarily safe, and opened it to infiltrators and anyone else who can access your computer. Meanwhile, others were interested in the huge quantities of storage needed to store all this information. Cowed, Microsoft pulled a call from the original Copilot+ launch and promised to do more tests. Microsoft said at the time in October.
In September, Microsoft began making the changes requested by users: make the OPT-in retrieval, and even uninstallable after the user decided to enable them. But he was late again. I got a summons in early December, but by that time my position changed-I found to mention that it is a useful tool, but by that time, government positions on privacy and freedom of expression began to change. Also at the time, the Microsoft opened a call to Copilot+ PCS using AMD and Intel processors, paving the way for a final test before its launch.
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I remember the risks that exceed its benefits
The recall will be charged as a feature of PCS Copilot+ New, although you should be able to choose during the original preparation process. When I tested the summons, I had to download the new Windows construction manually, and then run the recall application manually, which then entered me during the preparation process. Finally, I had to choose the empowerment specifically to enable and store the summons. Even after doing this, the Windows 11 Settings menu included a switching key allowing me to stop the ability to provide fully summons clips, or exclude specific applications. (Still is.)
(After publishing this story, Microsoft actor also stressed that you will need to log in via Windows Hello to get to any screenshots as well. That’s right, but I am not sure that he is solving the problem of comfort shown below.)
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Even with all these guarantees, I do not trust the summons. This does not mean that I do not trust her Microsoft’s implementation – it is protected by Windows Hello, which is a safe and comfortable way to lock information on your computer.
It is a comfortable comfort that worries me. I can imagine a scenario in which I turn to open my computer via Windows Hello, which allows someone access to my documents and email – even as a journalist, I must protect the protection of these correspondence. Give major It is also related to HELLO’s concerns to open a database searching for everything you have done on this computer over the past few months using Windows Hello. No, I have nothing to hide it, but I also don’t want anyone to hold anything I consider special. You should not, too.
If you recommend, then do not let her remember your system.
How to remove the summons
If your computer is managed by a company or school, Microsoft says the summons will not be it. Otherwise, the summons is “virtually available”, says Microsoft on the summons support page.
(“On its own, the IT official cannot be able to provide footage on the devices run by an institution or school.” It can only give you the option to enable the footage. “
Optional Windows Optional Features can be turned and stopped. To reach it, type “run or stop Windows” inside the Windows search bar. This will offer a list of optional features that can be turned off or on whether the appropriate box is examined.
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Microsoft should not enable the summons without telling you, according to the previous test. But if you are not simply sure, you can check by running the optional feature menu and knowing if the recall is installed. (If so, the “call” box will be verified.)
To uninstall the recall, you can simply cancel the “recall” box. The recall installation will be canceled and your computer will be restarted, so be careful to save your business. While Microsoft removes the recall, you will also delete your stored footage. You can re -enable the recall by checking the square in the future, although doing this will not restore deleted shots.
Call an optional feature; Other new artificial intelligence features that reach your Copilot computer are not. On the other hand, do not offer anything like new Restyle images anywhere near the privacy fears of other applications.
If you continue our coverage, you will know that I was calling the summons from the beginning. But when more thinking and changing global events, it has become uncomfortable with the threat that calls for our privacy. Remove it immediately.
Editor’s note: The clips should be unlock via Windows Hello, which did not specify the original story. This article was originally played on April 25, but it was updated to include our video on this topic.