The difference is who controls it. I've run a tool on my machine that recorded every key press because I was researching how to optimize keyboard layouts. If someone else did that, it would be a keylogger and it would be very much not okay. But since I did it intentionally, it was a useful tool - though, granted, short lived because it made me nervous having that data around even in encrypted form. There's something there about tradeoffs and informed consent.
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Back in the day we called it spyware but now its a 'productivity tool'. It's horrifying how this became the norm.
The difference is who controls it. I've run a tool on my machine that recorded every key press because I was researching how to optimize keyboard layouts. If someone else did that, it would be a keylogger and it would be very much not okay. But since I did it intentionally, it was a useful tool - though, granted, short lived because it made me nervous having that data around even in encrypted form. There's something there about tradeoffs and informed consent.
The "recall" feature is not something new, rewind.ai has been offering this for years.