Microsoft Windows 11 Recall Feature Bringing Advanced AI Experience with Privacy Design

TapTechNews September 28th news, Microsoft Corporation yesterday (September 27th) posted a blog post detailing the Windows 11 Recall feature blog post, hoping to bring an advanced AI experience to users along with Windows 11 AI+PC devices.

The blog post responded to the security controversy of the Recall function and announced four major security and privacy design principles. TapTechNews attaches the relevant information as follows:

All data is always in the hands of the user.

The sensitive data in Recall is always encrypted and the key is protected.

Recall isolates and saves screenshots and related data.

The user takes the initiative in using Recall.

Microsoft emphasizes that the design of the Recall function takes into account user privacy, and all sensitive data is encrypted and provides a secure isolation environment through VBS Enclave.

Recall is a voluntary experience that users can choose to turn on or off, and can be securely authenticated through Windows Hello to ensure that only authorized users can access snapshots and related data.

In addition, the security and privacy design principles of Recall follow the zero trust principle, protecting data security through encryption, isolation, and the active operation of user awareness.

Recall's privacy controls are also very rich, allowing users to manage their own data, including functions to delete, suspend, and close snapshots.

Core components of the Recall architecture include SecureSettings, SemanticIndex, SnapshotStore, RecallUserExperience, and SnapshotService, which together ensure the secure storage and processing of data.