[Nevolihs]

I've been wanting something like this for my entire life and it seems like computers are finally heading in a direction of becoming extensions of ourselves instead of just clunky tools we have to adapt ourselves to. This has been the kind of sci-fi I've dreamt of since I was a kid.

I get the privacy concerns. And security concerns. But honestly, if somebody has this kind of access to your computer, they have access to your entire life anyway. Setting up a keylogger, getting all your passwords, getting any vital documents, etc. It's trivial. When is it just pointless fear mongering? It's subject to the same security concerns as everything else and we don't suggest people switch to pen and paper instead.

[usrbinbash]

> But honestly, if somebody has this kind of access to your computer, they have access to your entire life anyway.

Exactly. So please tell me why I would want to essentially allow something like this on my machine?

As for the scifi-esque abilities: All my important information is stored in a personal wiki, which is automatically backed up and encrypted on a backup server. It's fully tagged, its fully searchable. And you know what? I have even set up a pipeline to feed it into a locally run LLM if I want to. Yes, I can do RAG on my personal wiki.

[Nevolihs]

> All my important information is stored in a personal wiki

Ah, there's the crux, no? I dream of a system that automatically captures and allows me to interact with and query against everything I do, every ebook I download, every image, every document, every video, every site. What you're describing isn't this, it's not even the same ballpark.

Recall, even if it isn't perfect, is in the same ballpark.

> Exactly. So please tell me why I would want to essentially allow something like this on my machine?

Because it's useful. I don't understand this. It's like a circular argument. I want a useful feature, I install it on my PC. The security concerns apply regardless of Recall existing.