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Signal Blocks Windows 11 Recall: ‘Microsoft Has Simply Given Us No Other Option’
To safeguard user privacy, Signal uses screen protection text to block Windows 11 Recall from capturing message content, ...
Signal Now Blocks Windows Recall From Capturing Your Conversations (Unless You Don’t Want It To)
Signal isn't happy with Microsoft's Recall feature. In response, the app now blocks Recall screenshots by default on Windows ...
CNET on MSN6d
Signal Will Black Out Windows Recall Screenshots to Preserve Privacy
The privacy-minded Signal messaging service is putting a blindfold on the prying eyes of the newly returned Windows Recall, ...
PCMag on MSN6d
Signal Slams Microsoft's Recall, Disables Screenshots on Windows 11
With no official opt-out from Recall, Signal says it was forced to devise its own method to block screenshots. The new ...
Signal now blocks Microsoft Recall screenshots on Windows 11
Signal has updated its Windows app to protect users' privacy by blocking Microsoft's AI-powered Recall feature from taking ...
Signal blocks Windows Recall’s all-seeing AI screenshots with a clever DRM hack
Signal's privacy focus just doesn't jive with Windows Recall's desire to record everything you do, forever, so it's using the ...
Security Boulevard6d
Signal Gives Microsoft a Clear Signal: Do NOT Recall This
Not only is there no API to tell Recall not to index your content, there’s also no API to tell you whether Recall is enabled.
Windows Report6d
Signal now blocks Recall from screenshotting your private chats in Windows 11
Signal now blocks Windows 11 Recall from screenshotting private messages using the new “Screen security” setting.
Blackmailers, spys, and cheaters beware: Signal cuts off Microsoft screengrab feature
Popular privacy communication app Signal adds an update to prevent Microsoft's AI-driven feature "Recall" from taking ...
ExtremeTech on MSN6d
Signal Blocks Windows 11 Recall, Making Your Chats 'Dark' to Screenshots Like Netflix DRM
As of now, developers cannot stop Recall from capturing content from their apps; only users can do this.
Signal’s new Windows update prevents the system from capturing screenshots of chats
Signal said today that it is updating its Windows app to prevent the system from capturing screenshots, thereby protecting ...
TechRadar6d
Signal blasts Microsoft over Recall privacy failings, as secure messaging app is forced to fudge a way of blocking the controversial Windows 11 feature
It’s using that workaround because Microsoft failed to offer “granular settings for app developers that would enable Signal to easily protect privacy” with Recall, the blog post observes.