Microsoft had to recall the Recall AI feature on Copilot+ Windows PCs earlier this year. In theory, Recall was supposed to be a great AI trick to quickly resurface information from your past activities on a computer. In practice, it turned out to be a privacy and security nightmare. Researchers proved that Recall data could be easily accessed by a malicious actor who gains access to a computer. Also, the saved screenshots could contain sensitive information, and Recall was enabled by default on those Windows builds. Microsoft heard the complaints and pulled the feature to rework its security. As testers have found, Recall now encrypts the screenshots, making it impossible to extract information from the database. However, Recall will still take screenshots of sensitive data, including social security numbers, logins (including passwords), and credit card data. Even with protections in place, Recall mostly failed to recognize that sensitive data was entered on the screen in Tom's Hardware's tests. Continue reading... The post Microsoft Recall still captures SSNs, passwords, and more – and there’s no way to stop it appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Cyber Week deals: $180 iPhone SE 3, $199 Bose QC headphones, $29 Roku Stick 4K, $279 Google Nest WiFi Pro, more Best Cyber Monday deals 2024: All the top sales Amazon gift card deals, offers & coupons 2024: Get $275+ free Today’s deals: $719 Black Apple Watch Ultra 2, Bissell Little Green, heated jackets, self-bagging trash can, more