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Does anyone else feel like Signal is acting like Recall is the only app that could record your screen on Windows? It seems like this is something they should have been stopping for a long time and they are finally addressing this loophole?

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The penetration of other apps that record your whole screen 24/7 is pretty low. Whereas this will be close to 100% of windows users.

Will it though? They are acting like it is already 100%, when it isn't only in a difficult to access preview that only Windows 11 users with Copilot+ PCs can use, and even when installed, it requires opting in.

How many hours a day does Zoom/Google Meet/etc record many users' screens? I'd suggest that it unbelievably common for a screen to get recorded many hours every day already. I had always (incorrectly) assumed Signal required a desktop app so that they could block screen capture like they finally do now.

Very few computers support Recall, even if they support 11. So no, it won't be 100% of Windows users.

As somebody who had to use signal messages as evidence in court, there are legitimate reasons to capture screenshot of signal. If people have spyware then that’s on them. When the OS becomes the spyware… well I support signal’s timing on this.

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