HP Sure View: World's first integrated privacy screen - YouTube Watch On Surface is far from the first laptop to feature an integrated privacy screen. HP's Sure View method made its debut in 2016 on the EliteBook 840 G3 and EliteBook 1040 G3, and we actually have a hands-on video with the original implementation, which I've embedded above. Blast from the pastThe top comment on the 2016 Sure View video reads, "They already have this. It's called screens with crappy viewing angles..." Sometimes it's nice to be reminded of how far display tech has come in the last decade! Like any good privacy s
Surface Laptop 8's privacy screen isn't like the others — here's how the feature evolved in HP, Lenovo, and Dell laptopsDell's SafeScreen arrived in 2019 for select Latitude 7000 business laptops, and its implementation was almost identical to Lenovo's and HP's. Just hit a shortcut on your keyboard to enable the privacy screen and carry on working. However, the inner workings were different from the first Sure View generation. Dell chose to rely entirely on the display's backlight to obscure the picture. Although it cut down on viewing angles and also didn't sap battery life as much, it also affected the real user sitting head-on. Like with HP and Lenovo, Dell's SafeScreen has evolved to be easier on the eyes a
Surface Laptop 8's privacy screen isn't like the others — here's how the feature evolved in HP, Lenovo, and Dell laptopsImage 1 of 2 Our Editor-in-Chief, Daniel Rubino, was among the first in the world to test the new Surface Laptop 8 privacy screen, and he shared some insights into why it's different from other laptop implementations. As Rubino explains, Surface takes a similar approach to what Samsung did with its Galaxy S26 Ultra. The best part about Microsoft/Samsung's approach is that the privacy screen doesn't harm brightness, color reproduction, or contrast. Rubino tested 100% sRGB, 89% AdobeRGB, and 100% P3 color reproduction using a colorimeter with and without the privacy screen enabled. It was also a
Surface Laptop 8's privacy screen isn't like the others — here's how the feature evolved in HP, Lenovo, and Dell laptopsChronicle is essentially a developer‑friendly and lightweight version of Microsoft's controversial Windows Recall in Windows 11, designed to streamline workflows by improving coding efficiency. But unlike Windows Recall, which focuses on continuously capturing snapshots of a user's activity on Windows 11, Chronicle's scope is fairly limited to developer workflows — making it less controversial in theory, at least so far. As it happens, a new tool dubbed TotalRecall Reloaded has sparked fresh privacy and security concerns about Windows Recall. However, Microsoft watered down the security resear
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