The Windows Recall feature takes screenshots of the screen content on Copilot PCs at regular intervals and saves them on the local PC. This enables users to search specifically for images, texts, and websites that they’ve loaded in the past.
Although Microsoft has once again improved the security of the feature, there are still concerns about data protection. Partly because of Recall, but also because of the dangers of hidden screenshot programs in general, the developers of the Veracrypt encryption software have added a new protection function with the update to version 1.26.24.
By default, this new feature prevents the software from taking any screenshots. Anyone or anything that tries to do so will only receive an image of the background.
You can deactivate the protection against screen recordings in Veracrypt. However, the new setting will only take effect after restarting Windows.
Roland Feist
If you need a screenshot from Veracrypt, you must first switch off this protection. To do this, click on Performance and Driver Options in the “Settings” menu and tick the box next to “Disable protection against screenshots and screen recording”.
Confirm the warning and the note to restart by clicking OK, close the window with OK, then reboot Windows and restart Veracrypt for the new settings to take effect.
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