Microsoft introduced Copilot Vision on July 23, 2025, extending Recall's screen-capture approach but sending data to cloud servers for more powerful AI processing. The EU was deliberately excluded.
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Key Facts:
Processing: Cloud-based (unlike Recall's local processing)
Data flow: Screenshots sent to Microsoft Azure servers
Availability: Explicitly excluded from European Union
Reason: Tacit acknowledgment of GDPR non-compliance
Processing: Cloud-based (unlike Recall's local processing)
Data flow: Screenshots sent to Microsoft Azure servers
Availability: Explicitly excluded from European Union
Reason: Tacit acknowledgment of GDPR non-compliance
The EU exclusion was significant: Microsoft's "local processing" promise that defined Recall's security pitch was abandoned for Copilot Vision. While Microsoft claimed data is deleted after each session, the shift to cloud-based surveillance of user activity marked a clear escalation of Microsoft's AI ambitions.
Sources: The Register · WinBuzzer
