India, July 23 -- Brave browser has taken privacy to a whole new level by blocking Microsoft's controversial Recall feature in Windows 11. Recall is a Windows 11 feature for Copilot+ PCs that continuously captures screenshots of user activity. Microsoft calls it a detailed, searchable digital memory, which lets users search for and revisit any point in their timeline to resume previous tasks.

Released in 2024, Recall quickly drew criticism from privacy advocates and security researchers. The feature is designed to capture screenshots continuously on supported PCs, process them and save them so users can access any point in the generated timeline.

Many argue that this level of documentation is a privacy nightmare. If malware gains access...