T-Mobile Responds to New App Setting That Records Your Phone's Screen

Some T-Mobile customers accessing the carrier's T-Life app on their phones are discovering a new suspicious-sounding option that's on by default: Screen Recording Tool. Understandably, a setting that records the contents of your screen raises privacy concerns. That's especially true lately as Microsoft continues to roll out its controversial Recall AI feature in Windows that stores snapshots in the background. If you're a T-Mobile subscriber, you can check if this new option has been turned on by opening the T-Life app, tapping Manage and then tapping Settings (the gear icon). The Screen recording tool option shows up under the Preferences heading. A T-Mobile spokesperson defended the feature as designed to improve the user experience. "To help us give customers who use T-Life a smoother experience, we are rolling out a new tool in the app that will help us quickly troubleshoot reported or detected issues," the spokesperson said. "This tool records activities within the app only and ... Read full article.