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Privacy Apps Signal, Brave, and AdGuard Push Back Against Windows Recall
WINDOWS 11 OPERATING SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT, JUL 25 – App developers including Signal and Brave block Windows 11 AI Recall due to lack of granular privacy controls, with Signal starting in May and others following, citing privacy risks.
- In Windows 11, the new Recall tool introduced last year, automatically screenshots nearly everything on Copilot Plus PCs, meeting resistance from app developers.
- Amid developer frustration, Signal began blocking Recall in May, highlighting the lack of granular privacy controls that limit app developers' options.
- AdGuard called Recall a `privacy concern`, while Brave's approach involves granular settings, and AdGuard labelled it `privacy concern`.
- Recall will be blocked by default in Brave version 1.81, and Brave said it will add a disable feature in the future.
- These updates send a signal to Microsoft for more privacy controls, and app developers urged Microsoft to expand opt-out options to all privacy-minded apps.
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Brave and AdGuard now block Microsoft Recall by default
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