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Calli Schroeder, senior counsel and global privacy counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, has raised concerns regarding AI programs that monitor user actions. "Constant screenshots of user actions for Recall and other AI programs is a form of surveillance," she stated. "Keeping the data on-device addresses some of the risks of that surveillance but doesn’t change the fact that user activities are being monitored and recorded in great detail and volume."
Schroeder emphasized that while data collection itself is not new, the increased scale introduces new potential for "misuse, breach, and interference."
She expressed hope that technology companies developing AI systems will permit adequate outside monitoring from civil society groups, technologists, researchers, and regulators. "Governments are some of the only bodies with power to force enough disclosure of system structure to confirm whether that is accurate and whether those measures adequately protect people," she said.
