> Microsoft don't want to be entirely dependent on Intel, especially as Intel's share of the global microprocessor market is rapidly shrinking,
He says Intel, but means amd64 architecture - Intel isn't the only or even the dominant consumer computer processor manufacturer these days, especially for desktops/laptops.
> Recall takes snapshots of all the windows on a Windows computer's screen (except the DRM'd media, because the MPAA must have their kilo of flesh) and saves them locally.
I wonder if I could cause Recall not to work by just playing some DRM'd content half-transparent over whatever I was doing...
> Now, "unencrypted" is relative; the database is stored on a filesystem which should be encrypted using Microsoft's BitLocker.
If you have that enabled, which most people don't.
> Worse: even if you don't use Recall, if you send an email or instant message to someone else who does then it will be OCRd and indexed via Recall: and preserved for posterity.
I don't see this as a problem; there's nothing stopping anybody you send anything to from taking a copy of it. You can't take emails or IMs back. It's just dumb.
> Suddenly every PC becomes a target for Discovery during legal proceedings.
This was already true and common.
> Some commentators are snarking that Microsoft really really wants to make 2025 the year of Linux on the Desktop, and it's kind of hard to refute them right now.
Or, people will just keep using Windows 10, which is what >70% of the market is already doing.