Comment Re:Microsoft is widely misunderstood. (Score 1) 487
iEvil? Or perhaps in this case XEvil One, the perfect gift for someone stll using XEvil 360.
iEvil? Or perhaps in this case XEvil One, the perfect gift for someone stll using XEvil 360.
They're doing more than advertising it.
In Windows 8.1 they pushed out an update which put an icon in the task tray which said "upgrade to Windows 10, now or later?"
They're not pushing it as optional. They're installing stuff which is going to do it to you, and isn't giving you a way to decline. You end up needing to uninstall an update (KB 3035538).
I'm sure they'll do it again.
Microsoft seems to have decided they own the computers, and the networks they're attached to. Which is completely bullshit.
And, don't forget, once they have all those juicy passwords they can pass 'em off to law enforcement.
Microsoft have always been assholes, but this takes the cake.
Basically Windows Phone and Windows 10 are gaping security holes, and Outlook.com is now acting as malware.
No, someone needs to be shot.
This is the most idiotic thing I've heard of in a long time.
Microsoft has said "fuck security", and once again have decided to "innovate" something which stupidly becomes a gaping security/privacy hole.
What shithead thought of this?
These passwords aren't Microsoft's to share, and decreeing that anybody who hasn't changed their SSID to opt out has consented.
Fuck that.
How bout we charge Microsoft with hacking and enabling unauthorized access to computer networks?
Fucking idiots.
So Microsoft has taken it upon themselves to share the network credentials with anybody it sees fit?
Fuck you, Microsoft. How about you help us make networks more secure and not less?
Not only will I stick with my Windows 8.1 install, but no Windows 10 device will ever get my network credentials.
This has to be one of the stupidest things I've heard of. And, of course, since Microsoft will centrally store your passwords, law enforcement can subpoena them.
Microsoft are too fucking incompetent at security to be trusted with this. And then to have the nerve to suggest we have to change our network names to opt out of their shit?
Fuck you, Microsoft. Fuck you very much.
I don't care about whether you can prevent sharing with your friends on FB it whatever, what I care about is me not having to alter my network settings so that if I give you access to my WiFi network, you sharing MY network information with the pwoe you're "friends" with.
There's a doodad on my AP that let's me disable a feature on a connecting WiFi client?
So, instead of posting multiple times hire they article misrepresents the feature, quit being a shill and explain how exactly it works.
That isn't the issue. The issue is YOU being able to share MY WiFi key because I was dumb enough to let a Windows 10 user on my WiFi network. This is akin to me giving you the keys to my house so you can housesit, and you getting a hundred copies cut and distributing them to a bunch of people you know.
This is from the company that thought having users run as root user using a browser that would automatically install unsigned executables and libraries from the Internet was just the bestest idea ever.
Thank you for being a friend,
And sharing WiFi passwords there and back again.
You're giving me the WiFi key of your favorite restaurant.
And if they came to your dorm,
Invited everyone you knew,
You would see the ugly guy at the back downloading kiddie porn,
And the FBI would raid you singing "Thank you for filling our jail!"
Inflammatory Mode On: Why in the fuck would even want to opt-in to such a service? If it's private WiFi, it's likely to be at my home or my workplace, and in either case I absolutely do not ever want to share that over fucking Fuckbook, Twatter or whatever stupid lame-ass soshial neshworking crap site becomes the next biggest and greatest.
Rational Mode On: Now let's imagine that my organization has a private WiFi hotspot available for employees and a few others. I do not ever want to have those keys shared outside that group, nor should I have to change MY network with an "_optout" on the end of an SSID. I would consider that a breach of security. Sure, I'll probably be able to disable Windows devices that are domain members via GPO, but if they're not actually devices belonging to the organization, or "Pro" versions of Windows where it even knows what the hell Active Directory is, then MY network is being compromised by this service.
This is just a plain bad idea, whether you're being reasonable or inflammatory.
You also don't have to worry as much about massive storms with 300km/h winds. I don't know about you, but I'm not sure I'd want to be hanging out in a large zeppelin when a wind like that nailed me.
And here's somebody who doesn't think solipsism is utterly pointless and nihilistic philosophy, and actually thinks researchers should adopt it.
What's amazing to me is that Diablo I & II (1996 and 2000 respectively) still are selling at $20 (half retail game prices) in places like Target, Gamestop and they are apparently still selling according to employees. I mean they are great games, but obviously they have an unprecedented staying power in the game industry that no other game has had.
The B-52 requires complete air superiority in the area that it operates because it can't hide from radar except by jamming, so just building a new version wouldn't really work. The B-1 has speed on its side (thought not as much as the original specs) and the B-2 has stealth. The tentatively named B-3 is supposed to replace all of the heavy bombers, though the B-2 will probably stick around for a few decades. That's a reasonable goal, unlike that of the F-35.
It's supposed to use mostly existing technologies instead of planning for advances as happened with (and expanded the cost and schedule of) the B-2, F-22, and F-35. Whether they can actually do that is a giant question mark, but the Air Force is allegedly targeting $500 million to $600 million per plane as the final cost.
All power corrupts, but we need electricity.