One of the ways Microsoft is pushing AI into Windows 11 is through a new feature called Recall. Available only on Copilot+ PCs, the feature essentially takes screenshots of your screen every few seconds, allowing you to search through the images using AI to “recall” specific information. It sounds convenient, but also dangerous: if you don’t want Windows recording pretty much everything you do on your PC, you can disable the feature.

Recall sounds like a cool feature on paper, but there are legitimate security concerns for all users. While the feature does save screenshots and their information on the device, that ultimately won’t prevent malicious parties from accessing those snapshots if they somehow break into your system. The screenshots are encrypted when your computer is locked, but you decrypt them when you log in, so if someone breaks into your computer—either locally with your credentials or remotely with software—they can access and steal your Recall information.

In fact, you’re storing a treasure trove of almost everything you do on your PC, including exposed passwords, financial data, sensitive company information, and private messages. While there are limits to what Recall captures, including all the apps and sites you block, you’re exposing yourself to data theft for everything you do privately on your computer. You can learn more about the huge security risks of Recall here.

You don’t have to turn Recall off to make it more secure, though: from the same settings page, you can select specific apps and websites that Recall should avoid in the future. Microsoft notes, however, that these filters only work in supported browsers, which include Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Opera, and Google Chrome. On the other hand, you can disable Recall for entire browsers, if you prefer.