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Microsoft builds on Recall with Gaming Copilot — fails basic privacy tests (doublepulsar.com)

submitted 1 week ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The software is labelled Beta, but is being pushed out to existing PCs anyway because.. well.. why not beta something in prod, it’s 2025 after all.

It appears in Game Bar, which is accessible from Windows Key + G. You may not have it yet as they are staging deployment. I’m not in Windows Insiders, but I have it installed — so it looks like the roll out is becoming wide. Note that I had uninstalled Copilot from my PC… but Gaming Copilot silently installed anyway.

It is similar to Recall, except not all the processing is done locally — it relies on the cloud. It screenshots gameplay, and then extracts elements of the screen (such as symbols and text) to work out what the player is doing. The idea is it can help you game, e.g. you can ask questions about what you’re doing in the game at a given moment.

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[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Everytime I hear the name "Game Bar" all I can think of is this.

[–] FreedomAdvocate -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The software is labelled Beta, but is being pushed out to existing PCs anyway because… well… why not beta something in prod, it’s 2025 after all.

G-mail was beta for like 15 years while billions of people used it. The "beta" label doesn't mean not ready for prod, hasn't for decades at this point.

As with everything else copilot related, this is optional. It can be completely disabled, and I'm pretty sure it's disabled by default. Mountain out of a molehill.

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