Windows 11's Controversial Recall Feature Will Soon be Turned Off in Brave's Browser
Brave's upcoming version 1.81 of its browser will automatically turn off Recall. Brave said in a blog post, 'We think it's vital that your browsing activity on Brave does not accidentally end up in a persistent database, which is especially ripe for abuse in highly-privacy-sensitive cases such as intimate partner violence.'
Brave is the only major web browser to do this with alternatives like Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge allowing Recall to work. Even privacy-focused browsers like DuckDuckGo, Firefox, and Tor Browser allow for Recall to work. Brave's move may now inspire some of these other browsers to do similar.
If you like the idea of Microsoft's Recall feature, you can still use it within Brave. Once the update has rolled out, you'll be able to turn it back on by heading to Settings > Privacy and security and then finding the toggle called Block Microsoft Recall.
Microsoft hasn't made it easy for developers to turn off Recall in applications. Back in May, Signal announced it would be disabling all screenshots within its Microsoft app as a way to stop Recall gaining access to user's conversations.
This limitation also meant tools like screen readers stopped working, and you're no longer able to do typical screenshots within the app.
Brave's process to make this happen has meant it was able to implement the change without it impacting screenshotting or other tools. Microsoft allows developers to have Recall turned off during private browsing sessions, so Brave has now made all of its sessions appear like that to Windows.
Brave said, 'We've extended that logic to apply to all Brave browser windows. We tell the operating system that every Brave tab is 'private', so Recall never captures it.'
Brave also used its announcement to ask Microsoft to change its policy for other applications. The brand says, 'While it's 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."
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