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Signal downplays encryption key flaw, fixes it after X drama (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Recall is also not supposed to collect data from private sessions from popular web browsers.

it makes one wonder how well that works; if it's based on OCR, does it "redact" the bounding box corresponding to the private window? What happens with overlapping windows; how does it handle windows with transparency; I can't help to think there's a high probability their solution is flaky.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Here is a video demonstration. Snapshots contain window that is in focus not the whole desktop and for exclusions I assume it would just base it on process name + additional parameters (private browser windows have same process name so must be something additional). You can also add websites for exclusions. Here is an article that lists other things that are not being captured like DRM protected content and one time WhatsApp images.

Also from support article:

In two specific scenarios, Recall will capture snapshots that include InPrivate windows, blocked apps, and blocked websites. If Recall gets launched, or the Now option is selected in Recall, then a snapshot is taken even when InPrivate windows, blocked apps, and blocked websites are displayed. However, these snapshots are not saved by Recall. If you choose to send the information from this snaps