c/technology · by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 138d

WireGuard VPN developer can't ship software updates after Microsoft locks account | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/wireguard-vpn-developer-cant-ship-software-updates-after-microsoft-locks-account/

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“We’ve been trying to resolve this for over a month, and getting nowhere. Support is non-existent,” Windscribe said in its post. “Anyone know a human with a brain that still works at Microsoft and can help?”

Microslop. The word is Microslop, for reasons you have just experienced first-hand.

rem26_art@fedia.io · 86 pts · 138d (5 replies)

I did a doubletake because I read the article like 12 hours ago about VeraCrypt's dev getting locked out of their MS account, then could have sworn it wasn't Wireguard that was affected.

Alberat@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 138d

they're both software that's can be used to protect against government surveillance

Blackmist@feddit.uk · 35 pts · 138d (1 reply)

Two bits of security software.

Makes me wonder if there's been a concerted effort to hack these accounts, and some automated security process has locked them out.

Bazoogle@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 138d

Or maybe it's the governments dislike of VPNs being used to bypass surveillance

TheEntity@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 138d

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Nighed@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 138d

The article mentions wireguard having similar issues, so there are probably lots of articles for each case

webkitten@piefed.social · 64 pts · 138d (1 reply)

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_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 138d

Well, it's one reason it's rubbish anyhow.

RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works · 58 pts · 138d

Another reason to never use anything bigtech.

tal@lemmy.today · 46 pts · 138d (1 reply)

Donenfeld, the WireGuard developer, told TechCrunch in an email: “If there were a critical vulnerability to fix right now — there isn’t! I just mean hypothetically — then users would be totally exposed.”

Well, the Windows users would. I assume that they'd still release builds for the other platforms.

defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 138d

I wonder if it's a coincidence that this happened right as Anthropic launched their new private LLM to find security vulnerabilities in software.

DoomBananas@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 138d

Looking at the licensing of WireGuard VPN holds the answer to the way MicroSlop prioritized this:

The kernel components are released under the GPLv2, as is the Linux kernel itself. Other projects are licensed under MIT, BSD, Apache 2.0, or GPL, depending on context.

Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 138d

Windows is making a move to destroy my favorite type of tunnel. The only problem with that Macroslop is that I don't use them on windows machines at all. FreeBSD and Linux sure but the only thing a windows machine is good for is to be a shitty server or a workstation for those who wont learn something new.

VampirePenguin@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 138d

Then stop pushing updates to Windows?

Bakkoda@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 138d

Can't legislate VPNs out? Make it difficult to use them/install them and ultimately allow imposters to spring up.

Totally responsible environment the US is cooking up lately.

dansemacabreingalone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 137d

Corporate infrastructure will never free you. It will turn on you.

pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 138d (5 replies)

Nire reason to move to codeberg then. Probably should've done it sooner.

GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world · 61 pts · 138d (3 replies)

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themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 138d (1 reply)

I believe the issue is because both VeraCrypt and Wireguard use kernal level drivers which can't run without signing, though they can be bypassed but that isn't good for security.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/windows-driver-signing-tutorial

Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 138d

Microsoft doesn't believe in good security. That is why the gatekeep like this.

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · -3 pts · 138d

It's like you neither read the article, nor do you understand how software works.

That's a bit of a reach.

myrmidex@belgae.social · -30 pts · 138d

Yup, this is on him. Ignoring the warning signs for all those years, especially this last half year, has come back to haunt him.