Recall: Stealing everything you’ve ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC is now possible.
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Photographic memory comes to Windows, and is the biggest security setback in a decade.

Q. Is this really as harmful as you think?

A. Go to your parents house, your grandparents house etc and look at their Windows PC, look at the installed software in the past year, and try to use the device. Run some antivirus scans. There’s no way this implementation doesn’t end in tears — there’s a reason there’s a trillion dollar security industry, and that most problems revolve around malware and endpoints.

  • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    221·
    5 months ago

    The surveillance would be a double edged sword. If they were to be hacked, all sensitive information that was going through their PCs could be compromised.

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
      381·
      5 months ago

      They will convince themselves it can’t be compromised. Never under-estimate the stupidity of middle management.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        5 months ago

        And no one was able to stop the White Star Line executives by saying, “maybe you shouldn’t be 100% sure the Titanic is unsinkable?”