{"id":932,"date":"2024-06-15T00:02:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T00:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/15\/controversial-microsoft-ai-screenshot-feature-delayed-over-security-concerns\/"},"modified":"2024-06-15T00:02:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T00:02:17","slug":"controversial-microsoft-ai-screenshot-feature-delayed-over-security-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/15\/controversial-microsoft-ai-screenshot-feature-delayed-over-security-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversial Microsoft AI screenshot feature delayed over security concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Microsoft won\u2019t be releasing its controversial AI Recall feature with the rest of its updates next week.<\/p>\n

The feature that takes screenshots of users\u2019 laptops every few seconds is being investigated by the Information Commissioners\u2019 Office (ICO) over security concerns<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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In a blogpost on Thursday, Microsoft<\/strong> said Recall won\u2019t be \u201cbroadly available\u201d from 18 June on Copilot+ PCs but instead, will be released to its testing group Windows Insider Programme \u201cin the coming weeks\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis decision is rooted in our commitment to providing a trusted, secure and robust experience for all customers and to seek additional feedback,\u201d said Pavan Davuluri, a vice president at Microsoft, in the post.<\/p>\n

The delay comes after one cyber security<\/strong> expert told Sky News the feature was a \u201cgrab and go\u201d target for criminals.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWith Recall [criminals] will essentially have everything in a single location,\u201d said Muhammad Yahya Patel, lead security engineer at Check Point, a cyber security firm.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a one-shot attack, like a grab and go,\u201d said Mr Patel.<\/p>\n

Recall is designed to \u201chelp you easily find and remember things you\u2019ve seen using natural language\u201d, according to Microsoft, using artificial intelligence (AI)<\/strong> and \u201cphotographic memory\u201d.<\/p>\n

For example, if a user was shopping online and spotted a nice red lamp, days later they could search \u201cred lamp\u201d in Recall.<\/p>\n

It would then pull up screenshots of the times they were looking at a red lamp, and link them to the websites they were on.<\/p>\n

It would also search through pictures, documents, presentations and files and pull up anything relevant on their laptop.<\/p>\n

It may even suggest actions the user would want to take in relation to their search.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a [hacker], the first thing I\u2019d do is go and look at all the screenshots of what you\u2019ve been doing recently to understand your behaviour,\u201d Charlie Milton, a vice president at cyber security firm Censornet, told Sky News.<\/p>\n

Since concerns were raised about the feature, Microsoft has added extra security precautions.<\/p>\n

One of them is a \u201cjust in time\u201d decryption tool which means Recall snapshots will only be decrypted and accessible when the user authenticates themselves.<\/p>\n

On Friday, the ICO confirmed to Sky News their investigation into the feature is still ongoing.<\/p>\n

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On Thursday, Microsoft president Brad Smith was grilled in the US Congress over \u201ca cascade of security failures\u201d where both Russia and China were able to hack its systems.<\/p>\n

Mr Smith told Congress the company will now tie executive bonuses to cyber security.<\/p>\n

Security will also become part of every Microsoft employee\u2019s performance review which is tied to pay, he said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This post appeared first on sky.com<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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