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Microsoft Recall is now an explorer.exe dependency (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 months ago by disguised_doge@kbin.earth to c/technology@lemmy.world

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TLDR:
Windows 11 v24H2 and beyond will have Recall installed on every system. Attempting to remove Recall will now break some file explorer features such as tabs.

YT Video (5min)

Invidious Link

Original Github Issue

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[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 170 points 2 months ago (2 children)

how the fuck could they have possibly done things in a way that makes explorer tabs depend on recall?

if they can’t even separate out recall from the rest of the operating system then i have absolutely no faith it will be secure.

[–] drunkosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 95 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's so you can't rip Recall out without ruining Explorer, and possibly other things

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 62 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Internet explorer did similar things, try to remove it and the OS would just crash.

Edit: just remembered it also had direct memory access to make it faster (well, less slow) which was so insanely unsecure on so many levels.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A browser, which is like the prime attack vector for malware and other nasty stuff, having direct memory access is so hilarious in hindsight

These days you try to sandbox everything as much as possible in the browser since the internet is like the least trusted environment there is

[–] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Except the OS in this case lol

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago

it also had direct memory access to make it faster

WHAT?!! That's a special level of wbject disregard for security.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 months ago

how the fuck could they have possibly done things in a way that makes explorer tabs depend on recall?

It's very clearly an intentional move to keep it installed.