c/cybersecurity · by ylai@lemmy.ml · 2yMicrosoft is a national security threat, says ex-White House cyber policy director https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/21/microsoft_national_security_risk/177 points · 11 comments · view on lemmy.world
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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 2y
. . . aaand a bunch of other people.
MajorHavoc@programming.dev · 8 pts · 2y
Yeah. I don't get a headline, but I said it a couple times this week.
Maybe I should hold more press conferences.../s
Bookmeat@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
Bonesince1997@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
They don't give people want they want in Win 11, and become a security threat in the meantime. Brilliant
alex_02@infosec.pub · 9 pts · 2y
You mean It's a bad idea to put government secrets in the cloud of a large company whose only working department is their PR department?
NecoArcKbinAccount@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y
why did the millitart hand everything over to them then?
EmperorHenry@infosec.pub · -20 pts · 2y
Maybe, but only if windows users continue to not learn how to use their PCs
Just because you know what the buttons do doesn't mean you know how to use it.
thesmokingman@programming.dev · 7 pts · 2y
Users aren’t responsible for the plethora of security issues Microsoft regularly releases.
EmperorHenry@infosec.pub · -11 pts · 2y
They are if they have shitty security practices and never set up good security software
knightly@pawb.social · 2 pts · 2y
If it's the user's responsibility to secure the operating systems they use then isn't it both illogical and immoral for Microsoft to keep the source code secret?
EmperorHenry@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 2y
I agree with that, force microsoft to make windows open source.
alex_02@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 2y
Are you a child or just dense?
Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -1 pts · 2y