Microsoft will make Recall an opt-in feature, encrypt its search index database, and require Windows Hello authentication and proof of presence to view timeline
enhancing Recall's security and making it an opt-in decision Jacob Siegal / BGR : Microsoft's changes AI Recall feature after intense criticism C. Scott Brown / Android Authority : Microsoft finally r...
A look at the privacy and security concerns surrounding Microsoft's Recall, which will record everything users do in Windows for up to three months by default
a ‘privacy nightmare’? Mayank Parmar / Windows Latest : Hands on with Windows 11 Recall AI: Snappy performance, works without internet Iain Thomson / The Register : Was there no one at Microsoft who l...
Microsoft fixes a bug that caused Edge to automatically import Chrome tabs and browsing data without consent, following months of complaints from some users
Tom Warren / The Verge :
Microsoft Edge imported open Chrome tabs after a Windows update despite Edge's import tool being disabled; Windows users have reported the behavior for months
Last week, I turned on my PC, installed a Windows update, and rebooted to find Microsoft Edge automatically open with the Chrome tabs I was working on before the update.
Researchers discover a cross-origin attack exploiting how modern GPUs compress images to let a malicious website in Chrome or Edge read pixels from another site
https://arstechnica.com/... Dan Goodin / @dangoodin@infosec.exchange : I'm not sure how to think of this new GPU.zip attack. The side channel exists in the GPUs themselves, so it seems fair to think ...
Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Edge get updates to address an actively exploited flaw in the WebP Codec's library libwebp; many non-browser apps are also affected
A significant vulnerability in the WebP Codec has been unearthed, prompting major browser vendors, including Google and Mozilla …
Some users say Microsoft Edge sends URLs of visited pages to the Bing API website; a developer says Edge's creator follow option, on by default, may be to blame
how to turn it off Sean Riley / Laptop Mag : Microsoft Edge is reporting every site you visit to Bing — here's how to stop it Tobias Mann / The Register : Microsoft probes complaints of Edge leaking U...
Twitter plans to wind down its legacy verified program, first introduced in June 2009, and remove legacy verified checkmarks starting on April 1, 2023
Ahead Of Twitter's Looming Verification Rollback Muskaan Saxena / TechRadar : Twitter's blue-check doomsday date is set and it's no April Fool's joke Megan Ellis / MakeUseOf : Twitter to Start Removin...
A look at the growing skepticism from Silicon Valley investors and companies of Russian money, once welcomed, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine
and sometimes raised eyebrows. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @xeni : Here's what's missing. It's the biggest story of our time. The link between Yuri Milner, Masha Drokova, Jeffrey Epstein, Edge...
Microsoft fixes over 80 vulnerabilities, including 20 Chromium security bugs in Edge and a critical zero-day vulnerability in MSHTML
Thomas Claburn / The Register :