{"id":23031,"date":"2025-07-25T12:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/23031\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T12:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:31:08","slug":"microsofts-controversial-recall-feature-is-now-blocked-by-brave-and-adguard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/23031\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s controversial Recall feature is now blocked by Brave and AdGuard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Microsoft\u2019s controversial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/12\/12\/24319609\/microsoft-recall-hands-on-notepad\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Recall feature<\/a>, that automatically screenshots nearly everything on a Copilot Plus PC, is meeting resistance from app developers. Signal kicked off a trend of blocking Recall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/672210\/signal-desktop-app-microsoft-recall-block-windows-11-ai\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">earlier this year<\/a>, with AdGuard and the Brave browser now also blocking the Windows AI feature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">AdGuard calls Recall a \u201cprivacy concern\u201d in a <a href=\"https:\/\/adguard.com\/en\/blog\/adguard-for-windows-v7-21.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blog post outlining<\/a> why it\u2019s blocking Microsoft\u2019s AI tool. \u201cThe very idea of background screen captures is unsettling,\u201d says AdGuard. \u201cAt any given moment, the system could snap a screenshot of a private chat window, an online form where you\u2019re entering your credit card, or simply something personal you didn\u2019t want saved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brave.com\/privacy-updates\/35-block-recall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brave admits<\/a> it was \u201cpartly inspired by Signal\u2019s blocking of Recall,\u201d for its decision to also block Recall from accessing its browser. \u201cWe will disable it by default for Windows 11+ users, with a toggle to turn it back on for users who really want Recall,\u201d says Brave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Signal first started <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/672210\/signal-desktop-app-microsoft-recall-block-windows-11-ai\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blocking Windows 11\u2019s Recall screenshots<\/a> in May, while also highlighting that Microsoft \u201chas launched Recall without granular settings for app developers that would enable Signal to easily protect privacy, which is a glaring omission that limits our choices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Signal\u2019s block involves using a DRM flag, which means it blocks any screenshot or accessibility tools from accessing the messaging app. Brave is able to offer access to screenshot and accessibility tools and still disable Recall, because Microsoft lets browser apps granularly disable Recall. \u201cWhile it\u2019s heartening that Microsoft recognizes that Web browsers are especially privacy-sensitive applications, we hope they offer the same granular ability to turn off Recall to all privacy-minded application developers,\u201d says Brave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s controversial Recall feature, that automatically screenshots nearly everything on a Copilot Plus PC, is meeting resistance from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[62,49,48,63,44,5545,64,61,65],"class_list":["post-23031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ai","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-microsoft","tag-news","tag-privacy","tag-tech","tag-technology","tag-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}