boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWindows feature that screenshots everything labeled a security “disaster”www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1516arrow-down15
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minus-squaretsonfeir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoThis isn’t file backup. This takes a screenshot every few minutes, OCRs it, and stores all that in an unencrypted SQLite file in your user folder for anyone to grab. Basically anything on your screen is recorded and stored, theoretically forever.
minus-squarefox2263@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWhat use is it if it its not backup?
This isn’t file backup. This takes a screenshot every few minutes, OCRs it, and stores all that in an unencrypted SQLite file in your user folder for anyone to grab.
Basically anything on your screen is recorded and stored, theoretically forever.
What use is it if it its not backup?
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