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Kevin BeaumontonMastodon2d ago
New by me - Microsoft Vibing. A very strange fake open source project published by Microsoft employees, which gathers screenshots and voice recordings of users with unique machine identifiers attached. Not sure how this one has happened.
https://doublepulsar.com/microsoft-vibing-capturing-screenshots-and-voice-samples-without-governance-6973c48f03a7
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Accuracy85%
Framing72%
Context80%
Tone70%
Analysis Summary
Microsoft published a tool called Vibing.exe through the Microsoft Store that automatically takes screenshots of user PC activity and sends them to Azure servers with unique hardware identifiers attached. The tool also records audio from the microphone and uploads raw audio to Azure. The security concern is that Microsoft Research Asia bypassed internal governance reviews by labeling the project as open source rather than going through official security and privacy vetting.
Claims Analysis (3)
“Microsoft Vibing gathers screenshots and voice recordings of users with unique machine identifiers attached”
Beaumont's DoublePulsar analysis confirms Vibing.exe captures screenshots with per-machine GUIDs and records audio uploaded to Azure.
“A fake open source project published by Microsoft employees”
Beaumont documents that Microsoft Research Asia skipped governance procedures by posing it as community open-source when it's actually Microsoft-operated.
“Without governance”
Beaumont identifies privacy/security concerns and lack of proper oversight, though 'no governance' is slightly strong language—the issue is inadequate governance.
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