When Microsoft introduced Recall for Windows 11, data privacy and protection experts were horrified . Why? Because Recall continuously takes screenshots of your screen and saves them on your computer, even if those screenshots contain sensitive data like passwords and credit card details. Back then, Recall was still in testing, and the backlash was enough to get Microsoft to postpone its release .
Microsoft has since developed Recall even further and implemented several promised security and privacy features, but some remain unconvinced. We’ve tested Recall ourselves and still don’t trust it , and we aren’t the only ones. The Register carried out a test and found that it can “still capture credit cards and passwords, a treasure trove for crooks.”
In short, Microsoft promises the