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Title: Signal will block Microsoft Recall from snooping on your texts

Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 22:58:53 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/computing/signal-wil...

Encrypted messaging platform Signal is rolling out a feature called Screen
Security to its Windows app. It's broadly a way to prevent a computer from
logging screenshots of your messages when the app is open, but in a blog
post, the company directly called out the Recall feature in Windows 11 as the
reason for this new capability.

Signal explained that what it essentially did was to flag its application as
protected by Digital Rights Management (DRM), because content under that
umbrella will not be recorded in a screenshot on a Windows device. It's the
same reason that a movie streaming from Netflix will appear in screenshots as
a black box. Screen Security will be on by default, but this setting can be
easily disabled for cases where a user does need to be able to access the
application, such as when using a screen reader.

"We hope that the AI teams building systems like Recall will think through
these implications more carefully in the future," the company said. "Apps
like Signal shouldnΓÇÖt have to implement 'one weird trick' in order to
maintain the privacy and integrity of their services without proper developer
tools."

The Recall feature in Windows 11 has had a difficult and well-delayed
development process. While the AI-powered tool to record everything on a PC's
screen has some potential benefits for user productivity, it's also raised a
lot of concerns about privacy and security. Although Microsoft has started
rolling out Recall to Copilot+ PCs, not everyone is convinced that it's ready
for prime time.

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