From what Microsoft revealed yesterday about the Copilot+ PC, The feature that caught our attention the most was Recall, a diary of our activity on the PC. This morning we explained to you in detail what it consists of, and also opened the first (and necessary) consideration of what we think should be the maximum point that artificial intelligence should reach in relation to our privacy, the point that we already expected to quickly enter into a conversation about this interesting news.

In short, Recall It keeps a very detailed record of all the operations you perform with your computer on a daily basis. and thanks to the integration of artificial intelligence, it allows searching in the mentioned history. Of course, the key here is that we’re not talking about finding file names and formats and URLs, but rather their content. In this way, we will be able to “navigate” our memories much more naturally.

This is important to remember at this point Recall is one of the functions that are integrated into the Copilot+ computer, the evolution of the AI ​​​​PC paradigm, and therefore we are talking about a function designed to work exclusively at the local level, that is, the data is processed and stored on the PC itself, without passing through the Microsoft cloud. Those in Redmond focused on this point, surely expecting a rather venomous reaction from both the biggest defenders of privacy and Microsoft’s critics.

However, this was of little use, and it is In the first hours after the Recall announcement, we’ve already seen statements accusing it of spyware. VentureBeat has collected some social media coverage of this, though just search Twitter and you’ll find plenty of coverage that’s particularly critical of the feature, though it’s true that we’ll also find some that rate it positively.

Documentation from Redmond emphasizes the location of information, to the extent that it is limited exclusively to each user’s own profile, so that no other person using the same computer (with a different user account, of course) will be able to access it. To guarantee this privacy, information is stored encrypted using BitLocker. So according to what Microsoft says, it seems that we are faced with a fairly safe proposition.

Unfortunately, we’ve learned a lot by now that there is no such thing as total security, and it’s enough to stop for a moment and think how dangerous it can be if an attacker has access to all of our “memory” from the past months, especially if we keep in mind , that, as we can read in his FAQ «Note that Recall does not moderate content. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers. This data may be in the images that are stored on your device, especially if the sites do not follow standard Internet protocols, such as entering a masking password.«.

If we take this point into account and remind ourselves again that there is no such thing as complete security, everything points to it Local Recall files will soon become a priority target for cybercriminals. It is to be hoped, of course, that Microsoft will fully commit to guarantee its security, but even at this point and trust that this data will not actually be uploaded to the Microsoft cloud (and it would be crazy if they did not comply in this sense), the relationship between risk and benefit does not seem very clear.

What do you think? Would you dare to recall or would you disable this function from the first moment?