{"slug": "microsoft-copilot", "title": "Microsoft Copilot", "summary": "Microsoft re-released its Recall feature for Copilot+ PCs in 2025, after delaying the screen-recording search tool in 2024 amid backlash from security experts and a UK watchdog investigation into its handling of screenshots. The original Recall drew criticism for potentially capturing private data such as social-security numbers, bank-account information and passwords, and a Python script called \"TotalRecall\" was developed to collect the screenshots and descriptions of those recordings. Microsoft says the re-released version resolves the security flaws and ships disabled by default.", "body_md": "| ← Older revision |  | Revision as of 05:06, 25 September 2026 |  | \n| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) |  |  |  | \n| Line 26: |  | Line 26: |  | \n|  | ==Incidents== |  | ==Incidents== | \n|  |  |  | ===Recall=== | \n|  |  |  | :''Main article: [[Microsoft Copilot's recall feature]]'' | \n|  |  |  | In 2024, Microsoft unveiled ''Recall'' for ''Copilot+ PCs'', marketed as a way for users to search through what they have done on their computer by recording their screen. This sparked controversy,<ref>{{Cite web \\|last=Allan \\|first=Darren \\|date=2024-05-23 \\|title=Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature for Windows 11 could already be in legal hot water \\|url=https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-for-windows-11-could-already-be-in-legal-hot-water \\|url-status=live \\|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251002141424/https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-for-windows-11-could-already-be-in-legal-hot-water \\|archive-date=2025-10-02 \\|access-date=2026-09-25 \\|website=TechRadar \\|language=en}}</ref> especially among security experts<ref>{{Cite web \\|last=Hassan \\|first=Nihad \\|date=2024-11-04 \\|title=Privacy and security risks surrounding Microsoft Recall \\|url=https://www.techtarget.com/ai/feature/Privacy-and-security-risks-surrounding-Microsoft-Recall \\|access-date=2026-09-25 \\|website=TechTarget \\|language=en\\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251209084156/https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/Privacy-and-security-risks-surrounding-Microsoft-Recall\\|archive-date=2025-12-09\\|url-status=live}}</ref> who worried about the security of screenshots,<ref>{{Cite web \\|last=Carroll \\|first=Mickey \\|date=2024-05-22 \\|title=Microsoft AI feature investigated by UK watchdog over screenshots \\|url=https://news.sky.com/story/microsoft-ai-feature-investigated-by-uk-watchdog-over-screenshots-13141171 \\|website=Sky News\\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260203142620/https://news.sky.com/story/microsoft-ai-feature-investigated-by-uk-watchdog-over-screenshots-13141171\\|archive-date=2026-02-03\\|url-status=live}}</ref> since it could easily document private information like social-security numbers, bank-account information, and passwords, as well as user browsing behavior. A ''Python'' script was developed, called \"''TotalRecall''\", that collects the screenshots and descriptions of these recordings,<ref>{{Citation \\|last=Hagenah \\|first=Alex \\|title=TotalRecall \\|date=2026-09-24 \\|url=https://github.com/xaitax/TotalRecall \\|access-date=2026-09-25\\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260204070642/https://github.com/xaitax/TotalRecall\\|archive-date=2026-02-04}}</ref> proving the danger of ''Recall''. This feature was delayed after backlash from users.<ref>{{Cite web \\|last=Arntz \\|first=Pieter \\|date=2024-06-17 \\|title=Microsoft Recall delayed after privacy and security concerns \\|url=https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/06/microsoft-recall-delayed-after-privacy-and-security-concerns \\|access-date=2026-09-25 \\|website=Malwarebytes \\|language=en\\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251229124341/https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/06/microsoft-recall-delayed-after-privacy-and-security-concerns\\|archive-date=2025-12-29\\|url-status=live}}</ref> | \n|  |  |  | In 2025, Microsoft re-released ''Recall'',<ref>{{Cite web \\|last=Davenport \\|first=Corbin \\|date=2025-04-25 \\|title=Windows Recall Is Finally Rolling Out After Controversial Reveal \\|url=https://www.howtogeek.com/windows-recall-is-finally-rolling-out-after-controversal-release/ \\|access-date=2026-09-25 \\|website=How-To Geek \\|language=en\\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260218203614/https://www.howtogeek.com/windows-recall-is-finally-rolling-out-after-controversal-release/\\|archive-date=2026-02-18\\|url-status=live}}</ref> with claims that the tool has resolved the security flaws and it coming disabled by default.<ref>{{Cite web \\|last=LeClair \\|first=Dave \\|date=2025-04-11 \\|title=Microsoft Recall is rolling out following major controversy — what you need to know \\|url=https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/microsoft-recall-is-coming-for-real-this-time \\|access-date=2026-09-25 \\|website=Tom's Guide \\|language=en\\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251119223853/https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/microsoft-recall-is-coming-for-real-this-time\\|archive-date=2025-11-19\\|url-status=live}}</ref> However, despite integrating better security, having this feature enabled continues to pose privacy risks for consumers, as it is only a matter of when a vulnerability is discovered for the problems both consumers and businesses initially had with the tool to resurface,<ref>{{Cite web \\|last=Lewis \\|first=Nick \\|date=2025-05-05 \\|title=Turn Off Windows' Recall to Protect Your Privacy \\|url=https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-disable-recall/ \\|access-date=2026-09-25 \\|website=How-To Geek \\|language=en\\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216130638/https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-disable-recall/\\|archive-date=2026-02-16\\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \\|last=Piltch \\|first=Avram \\|date=2025-08-01 \\|title=Microsoft Recall can still nab credit cards, passwords, info \\|url=https://www.theregister.com/security/2025/08/01/microsoft-recall-can-still-nab-credit-cards-passwords-info/971447 \\|access-date=2026-09-25 \\|website=theregister \\|language=en-US\\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260201105110/https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/microsoft_recall_captures_credit_card_info/\\|archive-date=2026-02-01\\|url-status=live}}</ref> especially since it is difficult for users to inspect the screenshots that are taken by the tool. | \n|  | ==Lawsuits== |  | ==Lawsuits== | \n| Line 31: |  | Line 39: |  | \n|  | ==See also== |  | ==See also== | \n|  | * [[Artificial intelligence\\|Artificial Intelligence]] |  | *[[Artificial intelligence\\|Artificial Intelligence]] | \n|  | * [[DeepSeek]] |  | *[[DeepSeek]] | \n|  | * [[Perplexity AI]] |  | *[[Perplexity AI]] | \n|  | * [[Google Gemini]] |  | *[[Google Gemini]] | \n|  | * [[OpenAI]] |  | *[[OpenAI]] | \n|  | * [[ChatGPT]] |  | *[[ChatGPT]] | \n|  | * [[Anthropic]] |  | *[[Anthropic]] | \n|  | * [[Claude]] |  | *[[Claude]] | \n|  | ==References== |  | ==References== |", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-copilot", "canonical_source": "https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Microsoft_Copilot&diff=68506&oldid=68502", "published_at": "2026-09-25 05:06:41+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-25 05:29:32.182354+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-safety", "computer-vision"], "entities": ["Microsoft", "Copilot+ PCs", "Recall", "TotalRecall", "UK watchdog", "Darren Allan", "Nihad Hassan", "Mickey Carroll"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-copilot", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-copilot.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-copilot.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-copilot.jsonld"}}