This proactive move positions Brave as the only major web browser to disable Microsoft Recall across all browsing tabs, demonstrating the company’s commitment to privacy-maximizing defaults in response to what they consider a substantial threat to user privacy. A significant privacy protection measure with the Brave browser now blocks Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature by default starting in version 1.81 for Windows users. According to the advisory, Brave’s solution employs an elegant technical approach that extends Microsoft’s existing privacy protections for private browsing windows to all Brave browser tabs. The implementation demonstrates both technical sophistication and principled commitment to user privacy, offering a template for how browsers can protect users from potentially invasive system-level features while maintaining essential functionality. Shivan Kaul Sahib, Brave’s VP of Privacy and Security, emphasized that the feature’s preview status and uncertain final implementation warranted immediate protective action. This allows regular screenshot functionality to continue working while specifically blocking Recall, ensuring compatibility with screen-readers and other accessibility tools that depend on screenshot capabilities. This method allows users to access the feature through brave://settings/privacy where they can find the “Block Microsoft Recall” toggle.
This Cyber News was published on cybersecuritynews.com. Publication date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 13:40:17 +0000