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.

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  • @Valmond@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    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
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      401 month ago

      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

    • nickwitha_k (he/him)
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      41 month ago

      it also had direct memory access to make it faster

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