I don’t know what specifically Microsoft is planning here, but in the past I’ve taken screenshots of my settings window and uploaded it to Copilot to ask it for help sorting out a problem. It was very useful for Copilot to be able to “see” what my settings were. Since the article describes a series of screenshots being taken over time it could perhaps be meant to provide context to an AI so that it knows what’s been going on.
The phrase “privacy nightmare” gets thrown around a lot, but an online service taking pictures of your screen every few seconds does not sound worth the risk of exposure of personal information.
As for someone needing physical access to your device in order to access those screenshots, there’s no way that’s correct.
If they’re locally stored on your machine, those screenshots can be accessed by an intruder.
Seems like a long walk for an extremely limited scope of benefit.
I don’t know what specifically Microsoft is planning here, but in the past I’ve taken screenshots of my settings window and uploaded it to Copilot to ask it for help sorting out a problem. It was very useful for Copilot to be able to “see” what my settings were. Since the article describes a series of screenshots being taken over time it could perhaps be meant to provide context to an AI so that it knows what’s been going on.
The phrase “privacy nightmare” gets thrown around a lot, but an online service taking pictures of your screen every few seconds does not sound worth the risk of exposure of personal information.
As for someone needing physical access to your device in order to access those screenshots, there’s no way that’s correct.
If they’re locally stored on your machine, those screenshots can be accessed by an intruder.
Seems like a long walk for an extremely limited scope of benefit.
Drowning a baby in bathwater.
I was asked what the reason for this function was, so I speculated on that reason in an attempt to answer the question, and I got downvoted for it.
I wasn’t addressing the privacy concerns at all. That wasn’t part of the question.
Bummer, I didn’t downvote you.
I think that’s the nature of the beast here, don’t take the fake Internet points too seriously.