This looks awesome! So impressed with this, especially with the UX.
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Awesome! I really like this. Do you plan on giving any acknowledgment to the actual creators of the project you used as the basis to build Atlas Recall? http://bitpixi.livejournal.com/6...
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IF this does half of what you have stated in your intro I AM EXCITED... just downloaded and I am looking forward to the possibilities... believe me I will report back to you of my experiences!
I used to work on Google Desktop Search, and this looks like a potentially very useful product, a seemingly sleek implementation of an idea I've thought about several times since the Google Desktop days: What could you do now that storage is a lot cheaper, people are less concerned with privacy, and you can use computer vision and such to index _anything_ you see on your screens? Searching across all devices and being able to search everything you've ever seen on screen is hugely beneficial.
The privacy concerns are significant, of course. I understand the need to be able to decrypt the data that you store at rest, to be able to implement a useful web-based interface to search, share, etc., but the tradeoff in terms of privacy is one that not nearly everybody is going to be willing to make. I'm curious, can you share anything about how people are responding, and/or about whether you looked into design tradeoffs related to not being able to decrypt the data on your servers (but potentially store more metadata)?
Lastly, any ex-Google Desktop folks on your team? Just curious - the internal codename for Google Desktop used to be Total Recall, which is not that far off from Atlas Recall :) Say hi for me if there are any.
@joisig Joi - I was a Google Desktop Search user and loved the product. We are solving a similar problem that has only grown worse - We are all experiencing this profound digital chaos as our digital lives expand across way too many devices and services.
When I first heard about Recall, I knew we had the opportunity to build a unified personal index that would make us more productive again. The unique approach allows Recall to help you remember all of your apps and services.
And you are right, with super computers in our pockets, unlimited cloud storage and ultra-fast connections, we can now fully realize the dream of one search across everything.
On privacy, that topic is central to how we designed and built Recall. You retain ownership and control over your digital items and you can review and remove them from the system at anytime. For data that is sensitive, we have two powerful features, Pause and Block, that give you fine-grain control over what the system indexes. All that is found in our Privacy Policy linked below.
To your last question, no one on the current Atlas team used to work on Google Desktop, but we are inspired by the ambition and utility of that great product. https://www.atlas.co/privacy-pro...
I think it is a pretty neat product. But I have massive security concerns. If someone would get hold of my account credentials he would gain insight to so many things over the screenshots the app is taking. How come you do not offer at Least 2Factor-Auth. Is there any chance someone could do something with leaked data from you server even tough it is encrypted?
@niklausgerber All of your digital items are encrypted at rest and at motion so no matter what happens, you are safe. We are considering additional authentication methods in the future. I will add your vote for 2-factor authentication to our list.
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