Security News > 2024 > June > Microsoft delays Windows Recall amid privacy and security concerns
Microsoft is delaying the release of its AI-powered Windows Recall feature to test and secure it further before releasing it in a public preview on Copilot+ PCs. Initially slated for release in a public preview on June 18 with the arrival of the new Copilot+ AI PCs, the company now says they are delaying its release by making it first available for preview with Windows Insiders.
"Recall will now shift from a preview experience broadly available for Copilot+ PCs on June 18, 2024, to a preview available first in the Windows Insider Program in the coming weeks," reads an update to a recent Windows Recall blog post.
"Following receiving feedback on Recall from our Windows Insider Community, as we typically do, we plan to make Recall available for all Copilot+ PCs coming soon."
Since Microsoft announced the feature, privacy advocates and cybersecurity experts have been warning that Windows Recall is a privacy nightmare and would likely be abused to steal users' data.
Microsoft caved in and, on June 7, announced that they would be providing additional security by making Windows Recall an opt-in feature and encrypting the database until a user authenticates with Windows Hello when they open the app.
Microsoft makes Windows Recall opt-in, secures data with Windows Hello.
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