My memory fails me more often than not as I get older. I’m grasping at a word or a name that’s at the tip of my tongue, but nothing comes out. I may have a vague hazy idea or a phrase, but I’m stuck.
Perhaps someone at Microsoft had a similar experience. Because last year, the company tried to launch Recall, a feature that takes snapshots of your Windows PC so you can jump right back to where you were. A photographic memory for your PC.
All it needs from you is a keyword so it can use to search through its database of screenshots and bring back that moment. You can also manually locate a particular instance by scrolling through a timeline. As Microsoft puts it: Retrace your steps.
It’s a wonderful premise, but as usual, Microsoft messed up the rollout. Recall wasn’t even close to being ready, and lacked sufficient safeguards to prevent sensitive data like credit card numbers from being captured …
