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I Put My MacBook M4 Max Under Surveillance and Here’s Just What Happened

The Realities and Revelations of Keeping Tabs on Every Digital Move

Nov Tech
Mac O’Clock
8 min readDec 4, 2024

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Last week, I downloaded Rewind and installed it on my computer. The principle of Rewind is that it records your screen continuously, capturing everything you do, write, read, and listen to, and takes notes. It records everything so you can ask it questions about your past, like, “How do I know Fatima again?” It might show you a conversation with Fatima where he mentioned sending you a payment by indicating a professional relationship.

In other instances, it mentions Fatima archiving conversations from your emails, suggesting a role in managing your communications or administrative tasks. Fatima Diawara is indeed my cousin's sister. Rewind hasn’t fully integrated this because it’s only been a week, but it’s grasping the essence of our professional relationship. Each link refers to a specific moment, email, or message where pertinent information was shared. Rewind also has access to my microphones, so it tuned in to all my conversations.

One night, my friend was buzzing about the new Zelda game, explaining that you can merge weapons to level them up. I wasn’t listening, so I asked Rewind, “What did my friend say about his game?” Rewind remembered my friend saying…

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