Windows File May Be Secretly Hoarding Your Passwords and Emails

Stylus or touchscreen-capable Windows PC owners who use handwriting gestures should know that all text files on their machines are likely being harvested in an unencrypted file called “WaitList.dat.” While worrisome, this is technically not a vulnerability, as the OS intentionally does this to improve handwriting recognition. “Once it is on, text from every document and email which is indexed by the Windows Search Indexer service is stored in WaitList.dat.”

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