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Comment Re:Did they read the "red book"? (Score 2) 91

The large record labels appear to put some kind of copy protection or something on the discs to where they can no longer claim to be a "compact disc" as that is a trademark or something, if they don't follow the "red book" then they can't use the trademarks.

Google for "Sony rootkit fiasco". Basically, Phillips (cocreator of the CD... with SONY!?!) hit them with a suit for trademark infringement.

Comment Why PINs? (Score 1) 67

I never understood PINs being part of Windows Hello.

First of all, PINs are often shorter than an average password.
Second, the PIN length is fixed, making it even easier for an attacker.
Third, the PIN address space is often fixed to digits, making it easier for an attacker.

I know if I was an attacker, I'd prefer an 8 digit PIN to a variable length password, that may (not must) include uppercase, lower case, numerical, or special characters.

Comment Re:Should have talked to Munich first (Score 2) 60

Different political environment. With the WTFs coming from Washington, this appears to be politcally motivated ("digital independence") as opposed to the previous (Munich) effort's financial motivation.

It would be difficult for MS to offer big enough discounts to cover a decree of "No Software From the USA"

Comment He's right. (Score 3) 61

Honestly, the only iThing I own is a phone, so I may be off here. But... From what I'm seeing in the comments, the iPad (Pro) seems like decent hardware (maybe missing some useful ports), hobbled by mediocre software.

The problem is that if they tried to merge MacOS and iPadOS, you'd wind up with... the Apple equivalent of Windows 8. There's no way in hell that Tim would allow that.

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