If they sync, and not network mount, then they could just exclude .cache from sync. It doesn't make sense to sync caches anyway. Most user machines use SSDs nowadays, and it's not a problem there, because SSDs are fast enough for the bug to not be too disruptive.

@@szaszm_ as I said in my "PS", .cache is not necessarily used as an actual cache by some programs

Thankfully the bug's been fixed and the fix will land in 6.1.

​@@acidiclight From what I've seen on the Bugzilla, the fix was just to disable that QML caching. Wouldn't a proper fix have to be done in Qt and consist of making the cache writes non-blocking (so that the kernel RAM cache can do its job)?

@@mskiptrthe cache itself was the problem. Disabling it revealed virtually no negative performance impact even on low end hardware. I don't think a nonblocking cache would be better because kwin would still need to wait for the cached data to come in.

Oh no, your cache! Teehee! I obliterated it!

ritchie

@@acidiclight Download more cache.

When this was recorded, it was still going to be an opt-out feature. That's changed but that was recent.

That's not an option for most users. You need the Internet.

For me it was accessibility - I had no choice. For others, it's market share. At the end of the day you need to develop for the platforms people use, if you're developing software for any other reason than as a hobby.

Yes. You did. :)

"Nooo. That sounds like a horrible idea." -Microsoft probably XD

The demo use cases involve things like "find me a presentation in powerpoint that had this brown purse in it." Or "find me that recipe I looked at last week." If you need Recall to help you find a project you were working on, it's a sign you're not organizing your work properly. I've never forgotten where I've put a file on my computer and only remembered a loose detail about it, and I'm blind - you'd think I'd lose things more often. As far as "finding that recipe you lookeed at last week," you know what the recipe was for, right? Google it again. It'll come up. It's very unlikely that it'll just disappear. It's the same for StackOverflow questions. And if you need to refer to it constantly, that's what bookmarks are for. No AI needed. :) All this to say - Recall *as a concept* is neat, but it solves problems we've had solved since I was in diapers.

They upgraded from XP? I didn't see that in the news

@@acidiclight lol, shhh...

I am one. I can only sculpt inside a video game though.

Nah, the worst thing that ever happened to Microsoft is Microsoft itself 😅

@@WolfiiDog13 Nah. XP and 7 were fine. Windows 8 was the cliff.

@@acidiclight true, their OS was okay-ish, I liked Win7 and previous versions. But the company itself was already prone to these things. I think that they started doing these things around the 8 era, and since there weren't many consequences due to their monopoly, they just kept going..

@@WolfiiDog13 Windows 8 was the start of Microsoft accounts but this was overshadowed by the UI disaster. The spying and excessive telemetry started in 2015 with Windows 10, then it got backported to 8.1 and 7 while they were still in their mainstream support periods. None of this was a core part of the OS in the 2000s, though it can be easy to feel that way since it's already been happening for almost a decade.

If Bill Gates or Steve Ballmer could have done any of this in the 90s or 2000s they would have. Billy still controls a lot of what happens at Microsoft. Don't be fooled by the "I'm just retired" shtick. Bill Gates is an asshole through and through, just a different type than Steve Ballmer.

I'd assume the malware would need to do privilege escalation, whereas Microsoft *wrote* the operating system. They have the highest level of privilege over the entire OS.

@@acidiclight Most Windows users are using their account with higher privileges. Basically Windows default account has Admin rights (root rights) by default and that's what most users are using on Windows. Microsoft even acknowledge the problem that applications can just change the privileges to higher privileges without password or user interaction. Their system is broken. Yes, it's that bad.

@@thingsiplay Also, it's not that hard to get a command prompt as NT Authority/System (root) in Windows. I believe Admin account on Windows is more akin to sudo (telling the super user what to do)

@@luketurner314 Admin accounts are as if you would run as root account by default.

@@thingsiplay If you log in with the built-in "Administrator" (verbatim what Windows calls it; the name on the account, not the type) account, yes. But the account you create and give a name to during install/setup, no, only has access to run things as Admin, which is like a normal user being in the sudo group. However I have had occasions where, even logged in with that built-in Administrator account, got permission denied (meaning, requires NT Authority/System access). So maybe Windows has multiple levels of root-like accounts?

You are such a great developer. Your game is so good

@@flarebear5346 How could ya think that when it's not out yet? :)

The encryption and the biometric validation through windows Hello are two things they just annonced last week after receiving the ba klash they received, the originally envisioned version was going to include none of that and they literally had to push back ro release date to worknon implementing these features.

Yoi password manager's database is passwird protected and encrypted, until 9 days ago recall wasn't going to have any of that.

This was recorded well before a lot of the research was done about Recall in general. About the encryption: No, it's encrypted at rest. It's taking advantage of BitLocker drive encryption, and that does nothing for you if you have malware or an info stealer on the system. I'll give you that, yes, if you have malware on your system, there are far easier pieces of data it could access. The Recall database is just another piece of data it can grab about you that doesn't need to be there. Again - it's encrypted at rest, that means nothing when you're logged into the system. The reason I consider this spyware is that it is opt-out, and Windows has been known to just decide to reset settings during updates. It is not the same as OBS where I am wilingly using it to record the screen, and it is not running until I deliberately start it. The fact Recall doesn't (currently) send data back to Microsoft isn't being overloked either. They still do send massive amounts of telemetry in general, across all of Windows, and I wouldn't put it past them to decide to add Recall data to that list. There's no convenience whatsoever that I'm willing to have on my system that involves months worth of *everything I've done on my system* being captured into a database that can very easily be accessed by an info stealer bypassing UAC.

@@themroc8231 And that's awesome. I'm just now learning this. Is it still opt-out? Can I disable it completely?

@@themroc8231 1. This was uploaded an hour ago, so the reply is based on the content of the video, not what happened a week ago. Clearly, this segment has not aged well. 2. I'm certain encryption and authentication was something the developers considered way before any backlash appeared, it was obviously going to be encrypted. The release was set back due to some vulnerabilities found that are *not* as obvious as "encrypt" and "authenticate", so this is expected. ​ @acidiclight This isn't accurate either, the search index is encrypted, it'll require authentication based on Windows Hello or fingerprint, etc - this is double encryption, of course. I stand by my original statement, if a hacker has gained access to both the encrypted files and the authentication there are easier ways to get your passwords. I'm not sure what you mean by "encrypted at rest" - windows authentication is required for access, you cannot decrypt them without being authenticated. Also, this isn't opt-out, it's opt-in - disabled by default. It does not work without Windows Hello(or another biometric) being activated as well. If you want to distrust Microsoft, then continue to the logical conclusion - any windows application could be recording your entire activity, including screenshots, and sending them over to Microsoft. If they're going to lie about Recall data being collected, they can simply collect it while it's turned off.

You have peaked in life. From here onwards it is going downhill for you.

@@sharkuel It's a good problem to have, honestly. :D

I don't :P

@acidiclight I think he’s name had to do something with gold.

If I need to run a script to make an operating system not act like spywarte, that operating system should not be used. The games I play on Linux *do not run properly* on Windows due to them using DirectPlay which was broken/disabled as of Windows 8. I'd assume Minecraft would run under xwayland and so decorations are irrelevant in that case. At least I'd assume that's the case, given server-side decorations are just part of how X11 works and you need to support it.

​@@acidiclight if you run glfw with Wayland support, windows are decorated because glfw merged csd

@@dyenire That's great. Not sure if that applies to Unity though, I don't know what they use.

I like gnome's workflow with some slight modifications. I just don't like them refusing to implement Wayland protocols that everyone else has for years.

I go by Ritchie publically

Hey Ritchie, Michael here!

why is it telling me to translate my name to english also hi zeckma