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On Microsoft’s Lousy Cloud Security
ProPublica has a scoop:
In late 2024, the federal government’s cybersecu... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/on-microsofts-lousy-cloud-security.html
#nationalsecuritypolicy #securitytheater #cloudcomputing #Uncategorized #cybersecurity #Microsoft
Computerworld: US court refuses to stay Pentagon’s ‘supply-chain risk’ blacklisting of Anthropic https://www.computerworld.com/article/4156534/us-court-refuses-to-stay-pentagons-supply-chain-risk-blacklisting-of-anthropic.html #Anthropic #Claude
From yesterday.
Questions raised about how LinkedIn uses the petabytes of data it collects https://www.computerworld.com/article/4156110/questions-raised-about-how-linkedin-uses-the-petabytes-of-data-it-collects-3.html #LinkedIn #privacy #Microsoft
I know dunking on Microsoft is the cool thing to do, but now that we have more details, this seems pretty clearly the devs' faults.
Hach ja, Micro$chrott…
«Microsoft sperrt Konto von VeraCrypt-Entwickler — Windows-Version hängt in der Luft:
@veracrypt Nutzer schauen gerade etwas in die Röhre. Mounir Idrassi, der Hauptentwickler hinter der #Software (die echt noch bei #Sourceforge rumhängt), meldet sich nach längerer Funkstille zurück und hat schlechte Nachrichten im Gepäck. #Microsoft hat sein Konto gesperrt, das er seit Jahren zum Signieren von #Windows-Treibern und dem #Bootloader genutzt hat.»
Mal wieder etwas zum Thema digitale Unabhängigkeit: Der Entwickler von #Veracrypt gibt bekannt, dass #Microsoft seinen Account gesperrt hat. Ohne Gründe, ohne Widerspruchsmöglichkeit. Damit sind Windows-Updates der Software nicht mehr möglich und auch seine berufliche Tätigkeit ist betroffen. https://sourceforge.net/p/veracrypt/discussion/general/thread/9620d7a4b3/#09
#Microsoft locks account that #VeraCrypt maintainer uses to sign #Windows bootloaders with no explanation or route for appeal. If they don't fix this, in a few months every Windows computer that uses VeraCrypt whole-disk encryption will stop being able to boot and all the data on it that isn't backed up elsewhere will be lost. 🤦
If this doesn't convince you big tech has too much control, I don't know what will.
h/t @zackwhittaker
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/veracrypt-encryption-software-windows-microsoft-lock-boot-issues/
#infosec #privacy #TechIsShitDispatch
Great! Put a helmet and an anti-aircraft battery on top and pray you don't hit a commercial airliner while you're trigger-happy.
The Register: Microsoft hints at bit bunkers for war zones https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/08/microsoft_armored_datacenters/ @theregister #Microsoft
The Register: Microsoft calls time on ASP.NET Core 2.3 on .NET Framework https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/08/aspnet_net_framework/
From yesterday:
Hundreds of orgs compromised daily in Microsoft device code phishing attacks https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/07/microsoft_device_code_phishing/ @theregister #Microsoft #Windows #infosec #phishing
https://www.404media.co/microsoft-abruptly-terminates-veracrypt-account-halting-windows-updates/
#Microsoft has terminated an account associated with #VeraCrypt
Therefore, the dev can't sign the drivers or bootloader used by the program
This means effectively, the dev can not publish updates for the windows platform
Apparently #Wireguard is facing a similar issue
Microsoft posted this yesterday, if you missed it:
SOHO router compromise leads to DNS hijacking and adversary-in-the-middle attacks https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/04/07/soho-router-compromise-leads-to-dns-hijacking-and-adversary-in-the-middle-attacks/ #infosec #Microsoft #threatintel #threatintelligence #DNS
Windows „Defender“ als Sicherheitsrisiko
Zur Abwechslung mal etwas neues: Der "Defender", den Microsoft (MS) mit Windows als Antivirus mitliefert, enthält selber eine angreifbare Schwachstelle. Ach, das ist gar nicht neu? Schade. - Sicherheitsforscher/innen haben im MS Defender e
https://www.pc-fluesterer.info/wordpress/2026/04/08/windows-defender-als-sicherheitsrisiko/
#Empfehlung #Warnung #0day #antivirus #exploits #Microsoft #sicherheit #unplugMicrosoft #UnplugTrump #windows
Companies will put up all kinds obstacles to responsible disclosure for researchers to get around to make their own lives easier. But they often forget that in the end it is researcher who calls the shots. It is the researchers vuln and they can do whatever they want with it.
#vulnerability #disclosure #responsibledisclosure #windows #microsoft
(Vielleicht sogar mit Windows?)
Dann lies hier mal aufmerksam den ganzen Artikel, wie Microsoft deinen PC manipuliert um dich zu überwachen!
Microsoft agiert hier äußerst "kreativ"!
"Microsoft Corporation’s LinkedIn is running a massive, global, and illegal spying operation on every computer that visits their website."
(...)
As part of the campaign in removing everyone from the market who might actually make use of the Digital Markets Act, **LinkedIn started injecting malicious code into the browsers of their users**, without their knowledge or their consent.
At the time of writing, this code downloads a list of 6,222 software products and brute-forces the detection of each one. The scan covers extensions with a combined user base of approximately 405 million people.
(...)
Because LinkedIn knows each visitor’s name, employer, and job title, every detected extension is matched to an identified individual. And because LinkedIn knows where each user works, these individual scans aggregate into detailed profiles of companies, institutions, and government agencies, revealing which software tools their employees use without the organization’s knowledge or consent."
https://browsergate.eu/executive-summary/
via
https://www.henning-uhle.eu/shorty-sagt/shorty-sagt-die-katastrophe-bei-linkedin
#LinkedIn #Microsoft #CodeInjection
💼 Microsoft is hiring a Research Intern - Machine Learning and Optimization
Location: 🇺🇸 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
💲 Salary: $6710 - $14360
#DataScience #DataScientist #tech #JobSearch #GetFediHired #HashyJobs #US #Microsoft
https://datasciencejobs.com/jobs/research-intern-machine-learning-microsoft-united-states-881/
New.
Microsoft: Storm-1175 focuses gaze on vulnerable web-facing assets in high-tempo Medusa ransomware operations https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/04/06/storm-1175-focuses-gaze-on-vulnerable-web-facing-assets-in-high-tempo-medusa-ransomware-operations/ #Microsoft #infosec #ransomware #threatintel #threatintelligence
RE: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/116357294049745826
The accusation is much scarier as it taps into corporate espionage and mass surveillance.
Microsoft is accused of illegally searching browser extension whenever a user sign in into LinkedIn. It scans for any signs of use of religious belief, political orientation, as well as disabilities of individuals. There is also the accusation of the data being handed over to Israeli spyware firm.
"This is illegal and potentially a criminal offense in every jurisdiction we have examined."
[This affects Chrome and Chromium browsers, which includes Vivaldi unfortunately. Notably, LinkedIn uses real names, and they are able to build quite a bit of info on you.]
Researchers have determined that Microsoft's LinkedIn is scanning browser plug-ins and other information without permission, building user profiles using data that the company did not get permission to take.
#Microsoft #LinkedIn #Chrome #Chromium
https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/04/03/microsofts-linkedin-is-scanning-installed-browser-extensions-without-user-permission
How Microsoft vaporized a trillion dollars
This is the first of a series of articles in which you will learn about what may be one of the silliest, most preventable, and most costly mishaps of the 21st century, where Microsoft all but lost OpenAI, its largest customer, and the trust of the US government.
↫ Axel Rietschin
It won't take long into this series of articles before you start won
https://www.osnews.com/story/144729/how-microsoft-vaporized-a-trillion-dollars/
I wish you a happy Easter on LinkedIn — Damn it!!?
«LinkedIn secretly injects code to spy on your browser:
LinkedIn may have been spying on you, an investigation reveals, calling it “the largest corporate espionage and data breach scandals in digital history.”»
🤦 https://cybernews.com/privacy/linkedin-surveillance-browsergate/
#linkedin #spyware #internet #spy #web #privacy #investigation #espionage #code #injection #databreach #spying #scandal #microsoft #explorer #webbrowser #browser
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Microsoft posted this yesterday, if you missed it:
Microsoft: Cookie-controlled PHP webshells: A stealthy tradecraft in Linux hosting environments https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/04/02/cookie-controlled-php-webshells-tradecraft-linux-hosting-environments/ #infosec #Linux #Microsoft #threatresearch
The BrowserGate folks have provided an evidence pack, proving the scraping of data from your computer.
This includes a sworn affidavit by LinkedIn’s Senior Manager of Software Engineering and Machine Learning, Milinda Lakkam. It’s an admission of guilt. Under oath.
https://browsergate.eu/the-evidence-pack/
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#BrowserGate #LinkedIn #InfoSec #OpSec #Privacy #Crime #YouAreTheProduct #Microsoft
I've recently summed up my thoughts on generative "AI" on my homepage. Here's a screenshot of that section.
#tech #technology #BigTech #IT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AIAgent #AISlop #FuckAI #Fuck_AI #enshittification #microslop #microsoft #copilot #meta #google #NVIDIA #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude
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My thoughts on generative "AI"
I'm glad generative artificial "intelligence" was not a thing yet during the vast majority of my career. A number of realizations arose while exploring generative Large Language Models…
Generative AI is based on massive theft from creatives, without consent, credit or compensation. Using gen-AI is asking a chatbot to spit out the combined efforts of ripped-off creatives. It is industrializing and devaluing human expression, artistry and craftsmanship. Creatives are losing their jobs and motivation because tech corporations unscrupulously absorb and exploit their work. If you appreciate art, support the artists, not the thieves of their labor.
Tech corporations are building more and more huge data centers for AI processing, consuming lots of internet bandwidth, energy, water and more, increasing scarcity, prices and emissions, degrading the already fragile environment.
Unless you're using a fully local AI configuration, every bit of data you submit contributes to the power and reach of corporations and governments, decreasing your privacy and security.
Generative AI enables deepfakes that are widely used for abuse, deception, cybercrime, misinformation and propaganda, polluting justice, science advancement and news report credibility.
More text doesn't fit in this Alt text, but everything can be read over at https://metinseven.nl
WARNING: LinkedIn has your profile. They have more from illegally spying on you.
“LinkedIn started injecting malicious code into the browsers of their users, without their knowledge or their consent. At the time of writing, this code downloads a list of 6,222 software products and brute-forces the detection of each one.”
More info:
https://browsergate.eu/executive-summary/
What you can do:
https://browsergate.eu/take-action/
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#BrowserGate #LinkedIn #InfoSec #OpSec #Privacy #Crime #YouAreTheProduct #Microsoft
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Emulation of the LinkedIn logo, changed to read “unauthorized.”
The bozos renamed Office 365 to "Microsoft 365 Copilot" and force fed the whole thing to all its users, and now they're touting widespread AI adoption. 😂 🤡
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CNBC: Microsoft executive touts Copilot sales traction as AI anxiety weighs on stock
Microsoft adjusted its approach to selling the Microsoft 365 Copilot artificial intelligence productivity add-on to corporate workers after feedback from analysts on January disclosures, executive Judson Althoff told employees.
I'm going to say that the choice of mission critical email software may have been not well thought out, lol.
(subscriber only)
https://www.wired.com/story/artemis-ii-microsoft-outlook-problems/?_sp=b615d6f9-0e34-4f54-a864-bb473f778f2e.1775156089856
#outlook #microsoft #space #artemis
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Wired: Even Artemis II Astronauts Have Microsoft Outlook Problems
The #Artemis II crew is reporting problems with #Microsoft #Outlook after leaving #earth.
From the article:
"I have two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working."
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/02/artemis_astronauts_microsoft_outlook_broken/
#hilarious #funny #humor #software #space #artemis2 #tech #technews #news
right now the astronauts are calling houston because the computer on the spaceship is running two instances of microsoft outlook and they can't figure out why. nasa is about to remote into the computer
#nasa #artemis #outlook #microsoft #microslop
Apparently #LinkedIn runs a silent browser scan on every #Chrome user who visits the site.
6.222 extensions.
~405 million users affected.
No consent, no disclosure, no mention in their privacy policy.
Read the full technical breakdown, legal analysis and searchable database of every scanned extension: https://browsergate.eu/
Apparently You Can’t Escape Microsoft Outlook Issues Even in Space as Artemis II Astronauts Ask NASA for Help With the Software
Every time any of #LinkedIn’s one billion users visits Linkedin[.]com, hidden code searches their computer for installed software, collects data, and transmits it to #Microsoft ’s servers and to third-party companies, including an American-Israeli #cybersecurity firm. #privacy #cyber #security
LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer
#tech #technology #BigTech #IT #enshittification #microslop #microsoft #LinkedIn #social #media #SocialMedia #data #security #safety #InfoSec #internet #web
这啥神人？把自己的使用观念，当成系统设计原则？
为防止为WSL安装桌面 #40072
https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/40072
我发现，网上太多WSL安装桌面的教程了，而这样就浪费了你们的匠心，所以，我提了这个issue。在运行包括但不限于gnome-shell,gnome-session,xfce4-panel进程时，杀死他们。
首先，检查是不是session或者wm或者dm，只要是的，杀死。
随后，列一个黑名单，其中包括panel,desktop。包含在里面的，杀死。
最后，包括但不限于nautilus,thunar,gnome-text-editor,gedit,xfce4-appfinder的桌面独立组件不要杀死。
你说你们承诺过你们可以让用户用WSL做任何事情？
没事，可以设置一个WSL_RUN_DESKTOP环境变量，默认没有，有的时候，不再杀死桌面进程，但是警告内容如下：
中文：
警告：WSL不应安装桌面。
English:
Warning: Running a full desktop environment in WSL is not a recommended configuration and may cause significant performance degradation.
官网中应提及这一点。
最后，这样试试？说不定大家都不安装桌面了。
Microsoft posted this yesterday:
Microsoft Security: WhatsApp malware campaign delivers VBScript and MSI backdoors https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/03/31/whatsapp-malware-campaign-delivers-vbs-payloads-msi-backdoors/
More:
The Hacker News: https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/microsoft-warns-of-whatsapp-delivered.html @thehackernews #infosec #Microsoft #WhatsApp
The idea that Office 365 is compliant for use in any regulated space is *absolutely laughable*, but apparently the reason GCC High is approved for government use is because the government let agencies use it while they were evaluating it, and then realized so many agencies were now dependent on it, that they had to approve it even though it wasn't able to actually meet the security criteria.
Back in Part 11 of the series i wrote
"If GitHub ever 'goes stupid' — account suspension, policy changes, acquisition drama — all my code is sitting on hardware I own, with backups being replicated by Syncthing. GitHub becomes the mirror, not the source of truth."
I recently added Spoiler alert to the post...
https://blog.ppb1701.com/github-pivoted-so-did-i-part-15-of-building-a-resilient-home-server-series
#codeberg #git #gitea #github #homeserver #microsoft #nixos #selfhosting #bigtech #blog
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Une opportunité stratégique pour consolider l'expertise dans l'environnement Azure.
Did a quick video on the #cybersecurity breach of FBI Director, Kash Patel's e-mail and why you could be next.
#cybersecurity #infosec #servers #vps #servers #email #hackers #vulnerabilities #opensource #cloud #microsoft #google
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o6TK-QjTPw&feature=youtu.be
Can the people at #Microsoft literally be any more useless? What is the next step of this HDR calibration?
"This calibration determines the darkness visible details on your display."
Ok, great. What do I do next? Honestly what criteria should I measure here in order to decide to click the next button?
And FTR: No, the icons on the right that seem to indicate a different grid pattern are not clickable.
HOW DO ANY OF THESE PEOPLE STILL HAVE JOBS. HOW DO THEY TIE THEIR SHOES.
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Screenshot of Microsoft's baffling configuration for HDR color representation that is astoundingly useless and enraging. It shows a stupid useless graphic of a 4x4 grid that is slightly gray on a black background, but offers no instructions on what to do or why to click next.
Phase 1: Acquire developer trust. Phase 2: ???. Phase 3: Your code trains our AI by default. The GitHub story.
https://blog.ppb1701.com/phase-3-profit-the-github-story-97f4616f
#bigtech #blog #github #microsoft #privacy #selfhosting #userhostile #opensource #ai
I teach cybersecurity. And I genuinely don't know what to tell my students after this one. Federal reviewers spent years trying to get basic encryption documentation from Microsoft for its GCC High government cloud. They couldn't get it. One reviewer called the system a "pile of spaghetti pies," with data traveling from point A to point B the way you'd get from Chicago to New York: a bus to St. Louis, a ferry to Pittsburgh, and a flight to Newark. Each leg is a potential hijacking. They knew this. They said this out loud in writing. Then they approved it anyway in December 2024, because too many agencies were already using it. 🔐 That's not a security review. That's a hostage negotiation. Two things in this story should make every CISO and CIO uncomfortable:
🧩 Microsoft built its federal cloud on top of decades of legacy code that it apparently can't fully document itself
👮 "Digital escorts" often ex-military with minimal software engineering backgrounds are the firewall between Chinese engineers working on the system and classified U.S. networks 🤦🏻♂️
The scariest line in the whole ProPublica investigation isn't the "pile of shit" quote. It's this: FedRAMP determined that refusing authorization wasn't feasible because agencies were already using the product. Read that again. The security review process reached a conclusion based on sunk cost, not risk. Ex Post Facto Fallacy
If that logic holds, the compliance framework is just documentation theater. And right now, CISA is being hollowed out, so there are fewer people left to even run the theater.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/03/federal-cyber-experts-called-microsofts-cloud-a-pile-of-shit-approved-it-anyway/
#Cybersecurity #Microsoft #FedRAMP #Leadership #RiskManagement #security #privacy #cloud #infosec
Ugh! So a few days ago my keyboard on my laptop, my trusty Lenovo I had for over 1six years, it’s finally malfunctioning in multiple ways, and I don’t think the hardware is easily replaceable so I’ve decided to try an upgraded version of that Linovo. I will include a link later but what’s your favorite debloat script? If you say Linux, I’m blocking you. I checked out some newer ones that obviously disabled things like location, things like that, and there’s even a few that actually disable all sounds, windows sounds. No thank you, I need location for things such as Aira but what’s your favorite Debloat script? I know about Tiny11 but it won’t detect the drivers for this laptop and making sure I export all the drivers for the right machine is more trouble than it’s worth. #Debloat #Windows #Microsoft
🔥 Microsoft Set for Worst Quarter Since 2008 as AI Fears Converge
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-set-worst-quarter-since-103556906.html
Microsoft blockiert Linux:
Keiner redet darüber!
#Microsoft entscheidet, ob #Linux auf deinem #PC/ #Laptop überhaupt starten darf:
Jahrelang wenig beachtet hat sich der Konzern mit
#SecureBoot über den #UEFI-Standard die Kontrolle über dein System erschlichen.
Mit weitreichenden Folgen, die bereits spürbar sind: Linux-#Distributionen müssen bei Microsoft um #Signierung bitten, damit sie starten dürfen - bei jeder Aktualisierung.
#Fedora beispielsweise durfte zig Monate nur eingeschränkt starten, weil Microsoft seine umfangreichen Anforderungen nicht erfüllt sah.
Leidtragende sind die Nutzer, welche freie #Software als schlechter wahrnehmen, weil der Konzern sie schädigt. Während das proprietäre Windows problemlos startet - zumindest, wenn es nicht durch #MS selbst mit mangelhaften Updates zerstört wurde...
Alle Infos noch ausführlicher mit Quellen:
https://u-labs.de/portal/secureboot-einschraenkungen/
🏢 Microsoft is hiring a Research Intern - Deep Learning Group
Location: 🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States
💲 Salary: $6710 - $14360
#DataScience #DataScientist #tech #JobSearch #GetFediHired #HashyJobs #US #Microsoft
https://datasciencejobs.com/jobs/research-intern-microsoft-united-states-880/
Macbook Neo is killing WIndows laptops, i would even buy one 🙂 (not being an Apple fan). I sometimes have the feeling Microsoft is "dying".... 🤔
Ofcourse Linux is the best choice from an opensource and autonomy perspective.
https://youtu.be/eXa2ndhmatI?si=BkwaeBie-TNkf13W
#MacbookNeo #Windows #Microsoft #Linux
"GitHub’s Copilot will use you as AI training data, but you can opt out"
"...if you’ve used the code completion in Visual Studio Code, asked Copilot a question on the GitHub website, or used another related AI feature, your interactions and code snippets could be harvested...."
https://www.howtogeek.com/githubs-copilot-will-use-you-as-ai-training-data-but-you-can-opt-out/
Gestern Abend hat wieder jemand erfahren, dass die #Cloud auch nur der Computer von jemand anderem ist.
Account von Unberechtigten übernommen. #microsoft verweigert die Rückübertragung. 26k Mails für Fremde einsehbar. Adressbuch aus Outlook weg. Daten unverschlüsselt in der Cloud weil MS den Leuten suggeriert, das wäre okay.
Cloud ist okay. Wenn man darüber nachgedacht hat und weiß, wie man sich absichert. Einfach alles quasi aus Versehen zu nutzen was die Techbros einem anbieten, ist jedenfalls ein sicherer Weg, doll auf die Nase zu fallen.
Me: [creates MS Teams meeting]
Me: [tries to join Teams meeting]
Microsoft: Hi, random criminal. No idea who you are, but maybe someone will let you into this meeting someday. I wouldn't get your hopes up.
PSA:
From April 24 onward, your interactions with GitHub Copilot—including inputs, outputs, code snippets, and associated context—may be used to train and enhance AI models unless you opt out.
I fail to see why one wouldn't want to opt out. But one would have to go and explicitly opt out.
Outlook bittet mir, es einmal neu zu starten, weil meine Datenschutzeinstellungen geändert seien. Es sagt mir nicht, welche Datenschutzeinstellungen geändert sind.
No #MSTeams, I specifically didn't click on the "Unlock Premium" button last week, so you showing it to me automatically today still isn't going to make me click on it.
"No card required", yeah, probably cos you'll bill the company automatically...
Fuck off #Microsoft
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Hey #Windows, ich liebe dich! ❤️
Ich habe einen Tablet-PC in die Hände bekommen.
🔸256gb nvme
🔸8gb Ram
🔸i7 CPU
🔸2k Touch-Display
🔸Sim-Slot
🔸beleuchtete Tasten
🔸solide verarbeitet und grandioser Zustand
Ein richtig schnuckeliges kleines Ding & das Beste?
Dank 7th Gen i-Prozessor ist das Gerät nicht #windows11 tauglich! Auf dem letzten Weg zum Wertstoffhof konnte ich rechtzeitig die Hand aufhalten.
Tadaa!
Ein #tuxedoOS ist schon drauf & läuft richtig grazil und flott.
Das Teil könnte final mein 2012er Sofa Netbook beerben.
Dankeschön #Microslop 😘
#Microsoft #endof10 #endofwindows10 #OneMansTrash #AnotherMansTreasure #reduceReuseRecycle #linux
The Windows Insider Blog posted this on Friday:
"We are reducing unnecessary Copilot entry points, starting with apps like Snipping Tool, Photos, Widgets and Notepad."
Our commitment to Windows quality https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/03/20/our-commitment-to-windows-quality/
More:
"'Doze boss admits quality is down, promises smaller memory footprint and fixes for many well-known issues."
The Register: Microsoft: Removing some Copilots will improve Windows 11 https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/23/windows_quality_commitment/ @theregister @theregister @ssharwood #Microsoft #Windows #Copilot
Microsoft Xbox One Hacked
It’s an impress... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/microsoft-xbox-hacked.html
"For years, reviewers said, Microsoft had tried and failed to fully explain how it protects sensitive information in the cloud as it hops from server to server across the digital terrain. Given that and other unknowns, government experts couldn’t vouch for the technology’s security.
Such judgments would be damning for any company seeking to sell its wares to the U.S. government, but it should have been particularly devastating for Microsoft. The tech giant’s products had been at the heart of two major cybersecurity attacks against the U.S. in three years. In one, Russian hackers exploited a weakness to steal sensitive data from a number of federal agencies, including the National Nuclear Security Administration. In the other, Chinese hackers infiltrated the email accounts of a Cabinet member and other senior government officials.
The federal government could be further exposed if it couldn’t verify the cybersecurity of Microsoft’s Government Community Cloud High, a suite of cloud-based services intended to safeguard some of the nation’s most sensitive information.
Yet, in a highly unusual move that still reverberates across Washington, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP, authorized the product anyway, bestowing what amounts to the federal government’s cybersecurity seal of approval. FedRAMP’s ruling — which included a kind of “buyer beware” notice to any federal agency considering GCC High — helped Microsoft expand a government business empire worth billions of dollars."
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-cloud-fedramp-cybersecurity-government
#Microsoft #FedRAMP #USA #Trump #CyberSecurity #Cloud #CloudComputing
This is very weird. I had a passport.net account with Microsoft from 2010. Obviously that service has long since been discontinued.
Today I received this legitimate email from MS to that account saying my storage is full.
But when I try to sign into MS, it doesn't recognise the old account.
I am 100% sure this isn't spam. It comes from MS, only links to their website, passes SPF, DKIM, etc.
I wonder which old service is gradually filling up? How on earth can I sign in?
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Your storage is over 80% full
Your whatever@example.com Microsoft storage is almost full. If your storage is full, you can’t back up, sync edits, or add files and photos to OneDrive, and you won’t be able to send or receive emails from your Outlook/Microsoft email accounts.
To avoid interruption, remove files in OneDrive, delete emails with large attachments in Outlook, or upgrade your storage.
«Berner Datenschützer rügen Kamera-Attrappen und lenken in puncto MS Teams ein:
Die Datenschutzaufsichtsstelle des Kantons Bern hat im vergangenen Jahr 183 Geschäfte bearbeitet. Sie beantwortete Fragen zu digitalen Stromzählern, zu vorgetäuschter Überwachung und zu heiklen Gesprächen in Microsoft Teams.»
Ach schau, in der Schweiz kommt nun die Kritik gegenüber Microsoft nun öffentlich. Mal sehen wie viele Verantwortliche darauf eingehen?
It seems hard to escape the AI virus. It's also infecting the open source world…
https://codeberg.org/small-hack/open-slopware
#FOSS #OpenSource #tech #technology #IT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AIAgent #AISlop #Fuck_AI #microslop #microsoft #copilot #meta #google #NVIDIA #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude #editor #app #apps #tools #software #linux #FreeSoftware #free #BigTech
@kura@hai.z0ne.social I was thinking about the people that asked you Sadly
News from #Microsoft:
More logical navigation through Word documents for screen readers
There is a new setting (now in Office 365) which "allows you to use the up and down arrow keys to move through all the content in your document based on the logical reading order." - this will be a big improvement for situations including:
- Multi-column pages
- Text wrapped around images
- multi-page view
U.S. CISA adds #Microsoft #SharePoint and #Zimbra flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
https://securityaffairs.com/189628/security/u-s-cisa-adds-microsoft-sharepoint-and-zimbra-flaws-to-its-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog.html
#securityaffairs #hacking
Die Rückmeldungen zum Toot von heute morgen sind ziemlich eindeutig: Die wenigsten wollen #Microsoft am Arbeitsplatz wirklich nutzen, die meisten haben sich nur irgendwie damit arrangiert. Aus Überzeugung wird da fast nie geklickt, eher aus Ohnmacht, Gewohnheit oder weil Entscheider Abhängigkeit für normal halten. Für manche ist es bloß nervig, für andere zermürbend. Und genau das ist vielleicht der eigentliche Punkt: Solche Tools kosten nicht nur Datenschutz und Souveränität, sondern oft auch Motivation, Produktivität und auf Dauer ein Stück Haltung.
/kuk
#tech #technology #BigTech #IT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AIAgent #AISlop #Fuck_AI #microslop #microsoft #copilot #meta #google #NVIDIA #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude
Alt...
A compilation of screenshots featuring ignorant AI responses to questions.
New.
Zscaler: Technical Analysis of SnappyClient https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/technical-analysis-snappyclient #infosec #threatresearch #Microsoft #Windows #c
Not surprisingly, Microsoft is in the thick of it.
"The largest exploitable attack surface isn't the headline threat, it's a Microsoft Word N-day affecting nearly 14 million assets."
Tenable: Operation Epic Fury: Why exposure data changes everything about Iran's cyber-kinetic campaign https://www.tenable.com/blog/operation-epic-fury-why-exposure-data-changes-everything-about-irans-cyber-kinetic-campaign @tenable #infosec #Microsoft
Federal Cyber Experts Thought Microsoft’s Cloud Was “a Pile of Shit.” They Approved It Anyway.
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A federal program created to protect the government against cyber threats authorized a sprawling Microsoft cloud product, despite the company’s inability to fully explain how it protects sensitive data.
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-cloud-fedramp-cybersecurity-government?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Microsoft #Cybersecurity #Government #Technology #Tech #Cloud
Frage an euch: Wie geht ihr damit um, am Arbeitsplatz Microsoft-Tools einsetzen zu müssen, obwohl ihr das eigentlich ablehnt? Windows, Teams, OneDrive, 365 – alles Dinge, die ihr privat niemals anfassen würdet. Was macht das mit euch? Verdrängt ihr es, habt ihr euch arrangiert, oder zermürbt es euch mit der Zeit?
/kuk
#ChatGPT, Other Chatbots Approved for Official Use in the #Senate
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/us/politics/us-senate-chatgpt-ai-chatbots.html
I see that #Microsoft #Windows 11 now sorts apps into categories like “productivity" and “creativity” by default.
How, though? By looking up a numeric category identifier in a 15MB JSON file that comes with Windows. Apps are not allowed to specify their own categories, nor can new categories be defined other than by Microsoft.
Good grief, what absolute nonsense.
#XDG / #FreeDesktop / #GNOME / #KDE had a vastly better solution to this exact problem 20 years ago.
how on fucking earth is there no way to automatically MUTE YOUR MIC IN TEAMS WHEN YOU JOIN A MEETING.
GamesRadar: Stanfield is getting a huge update on April 7. Here's what it changes https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/starfield-free-lanes-update-from-interplanetary-travel-to-improved-customization-heres-the-5-biggest-changes-coming-to-bethesdas-rpg-this-april/ @GamesRadar #Microsoft #Bethesda
@aei I wounder how they did it, because if #Microsoft did their homework right, this should not have been possible on the #XboxOne…
10 Things Linux Can Do That Windows Still Can’t
"Linux offers more freedom than Windows in many ways. Here are a few things you can do on Linux that Windows simply doesn’t allow."
https://itsfoss.com/things-linux-can-window-not/
#linux #OS #OperatingSystem #FOSS #OpenSource #software #tech #technology #microsoft #microslop #windows #tip #tips #FreeSoftware #free
Sharing Loop Externally
It's in preview and a little confusing
#M365 #Microsoft #Loop #Security #Collaboration
https://newsletter.mikemcbride365.com/p/sharing-loop-externally
Microsoft has allegedly stopped force-installing Microsoft Copilot on computers with Microsoft 365 apps
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-stops-force-installing-the-microsoft-365-copilot-app/
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Microsoft a prétendument cessé de forcer l’installation de Microsoft Copilot sur les ordinateurs avec les apps Microsoft 365
// Article en anglais //
Microsoft rudert angeblich bei KI-Plänen zurück
Gerüchten zufolge will Microsoft, anders als zunächst angekündigt, doch nicht die Copilot-KI in alle Windows-Ecken stopfen.
#MicrosoftCopilot #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Microsoft #Windows #news
Did you notice how it is always the user's fault when #Microsoft can't do anything right?
"You are using an outdated version of Teams. Please download and install..."
It's not me. It's you who can't implement self-updates for #Teams for years!
When there is a 2FA, and the only way the user has is an SMS, and the SMS is not working, because it is not working most of the time, there is a button labeled: "I can't receive it right now". I can! It's you who failed to deliver it again!
Windows-Insider-Vorschau: Erweiterte Entfernung vorinstallierter Apps
Die Windows-Insider-Vorschauen für Developer und Beta-Tester bringen flexiblere Richtlinien zur Entfernung vorinstallierter Apps.
Now you don’t have to worry about your digital files being lost on an old hard drive. Microsoft Research has taken Project Silica out of the lab and turned it into a real system that uses regular glass. They use special lasers to write data into borosilicate glass, creating a storage medium that can last for 10,000 years. This is more than just an experiment; they’ve already stored 4.8 terabytes on a piece of glass about the size of a drink coaster.
What’s most impressive is how tough this storage is. You could put these glass slabs in boiling water or even a microwave, and the data would still be safe. Because glass doesn’t need power to keep the data intact, it’s possible to create huge archives that don’t use any electricity for cooling or upkeep. This could mean the end of the Digital Dark Age.
🧠 One glass slab holds 4.8 terabytes of permanent data.
⚡ Lasers etch 301 layers of data into 2mm of glass.
🎓 Borosilicate glass reduces the cost of archival storage.
🔍 Accelerated aging tests prove the data lasts 10 millennia.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/microsofts-new-10000-year-data-storage-medium-glass/
#DataStorage #Microsoft #FutureTech #ProjectSilica #Storage #Backup #Archive #DR #BC
"Microsoft’s Xbox One did have at least one saving grace: it was, until now, considered 'unhackable'.”
Kotaku: Microsoft’s Xbox One did have at least one saving grace: it was, until now, considered “unhackable” https://kotaku.com/xbox-one-hack-jailbreak-2000679120 #Microsoft #Xbox
TIL about Bazzite, if it works, I will happily recommend it just to screw Microslop
https://docs.bazzite.gg/General/FAQ/
@FuturisticRobert @fuchsiii I think that's the fundamental unfixable problem of publicly traded corporations because they are legally mandated to maximize ROI for shareholders at an exponential rate they'll inevitably hit a ceiling.
- Even if that means they run out of humans and businesses that ain't already buying all their stuff and subscribing to everything.
- This is why #Microsoft stopped caring about #consumers as they basically "owned" the #desktoplinux with #WindowsXP and until they killed #Windows7 & #Windows10 any other OS was a *"statistical #RoundingError"...
- All for #Linux to win is to not #enshittify at the same or faster pace than #Windows11...
- This is why #Microsoft stopped caring about #consumers as they basically "owned" the #desktoplinux with #WindowsXP and until they killed #Windows7 & #Windows10 any other OS was a *"statistical #RoundingError"...
Per contrast, #Valve (which is owned predominantly by #GabeN and only has marginal amounts of (non-traded!) stocks with it's employees) is also doing great without #enshittifiying #Steam.
- Mostly because #Steam can't afford to mistreat it's customers longterm, as being convenient for said users is what sets them apart from any other store...
- The only reason they pivoted to Linux is because #GabeNewell realized the frontal attack #Windows8Bing and #Windows10S are on his company and that it's a horrible gamble to not assume #Windows trying to monopolize #Apps and #Games #distribution wouldn't cull Steam.
- Not that they like #OpenSource, because their #BusinessModel is diametrically opposite by virtue of selling access to #CCSS. It's just that they know that Microsoft could otherwise choke them to death so fast and brutal that they'd end up bankrupt faster than #Gawker when #peterThiel decided to literally "sue them into bankrupcy"...
Which makes Gaben propably the only publicly known #billionaire that isn't hated.
Ich werde meinen Kindern durchaus Windows und macOS zeigen – nicht um sie daran zu gewöhnen, sondern um ihnen zu erklären, was da wirklich passiert. #Telemetrie, die sich nicht vollständig abschalten lässt. Datenschutzoptionen, die wie echte Kontrolle aussehen, aber vor allem der Beruhigung dienen. Und überall das sanfte Schubsen Richtung #Cloud, Microsoft-Konto, Apple-ID. Das nennt sich #Nudging – und es ist kein Zufall, sondern Teil des Designs. Wer das einmal durchschaut hat, sieht solche Systeme nicht mehr als Werkzeug, sondern als kontrollierte Umgebung im Interesse des Anbieters.
/kuk
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Les infrastructures low-cost d'auto-hébergement échouent systématiquement face aux filtres draconiens des grands fournisseurs de messagerie.
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Legacy providers are weaponizing IP reputation, forcing non-profits into costly commercial solutions.
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Kostendruck und technische Schuld gefährden die digitale Kommunikation gemeinnütziger Vereine.
These aren’t AI firms, they’re defense contractors. We can’t let them hide behind their models.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/mar/15/ai-defense-warfare-companies
Companies like #Palantir, #Google, #Amazon, #Microsoft, #Anduril, and #OpenAI are implicated, with their AI systems integrated into military operations, blurring the lines between commercial technology and lethal weaponry. The existing international humanitarian law framework, designed for human decision-making, is unable to accommodate AI warfare, where accountability is diffused and reasoning is opaque.
#palantir #Google #amazon #microsoft #anduril #openai #Iran #usa #israel #warcrimes #dualusetech
Loved reading this…
Microslop
https://www.s-config.com/microslop
#tech #technology #BigTech #IT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AIAgent #AISlop #Fuck_AI #microslop #Microsoft #copilot #Meta #Google #NVIDIA #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude #linux #FOSS #OpenSource
Okay, this is kinda funny...
- #AIslop shitting out a better version of #WindowsRecall than #Microsoft is kinda absurd...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEqvYXYI56s&t=2720s via #BringusStudio
#AI #Slop #vibeCoding #Recall #Windows #Gaming #ThermalPrinter #Printer
One of Microsoft's [1] recent #Windows 11 updates improves Windows security via the extremely effective tactic of making the C: drive inaccessible.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/status-windows-11-25h2#3801msgdesc
[1] AKA #Microslop these days.
#security #WeveHeardOfIt #WindowsUpdate #WindowsUpdates #Windows11 #WindowsSecurity #oops #brick #quality #qwality #Microsoft
The #future of #Microsoft #Windows is downright terrifying. If their previous OS releases haven't motivated you to switch to #Linux or some kind of #BSD, then after watching this video I think you will be.
https://tecnopolitica.blog.br/#podcast
Episódio imperdível do #podcast de @samadeu@mastodon.social a ser compartilhado com quem ainda não estiver por dentro desses conceitos.
#ética #NoAI #LLM #Anthropic #OpenAI #soberaniaDigital #Serpro #nuvem #BigTech #Google #AWS #Microsoft #Oracle #Palantir #CloudAct #tecnopolítica #tecnologia
Verifying yourself on #LinkedIn?
Congratulations! "I handed a US company (Persona) my passport, my face, and the mathematical geometry of my skull. They cross-referenced me against credit agencies and government databases. They’ll use my documents to train their AI. And if the US government comes knocking, they’ll hand it all over"
Also, #Persona shares that data with #Anthropic, #OpenAI, #Amazon, #Google, and of course #Microsoft (that owns LinkedIn)
https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/
Microsoft Teams ist wie ein schlechtes Betriebssystem auf einem mittelmäßigen Betriebssystem.
Wie bei Amiga OS in den frühen 90er kann man immer nur ein Programm zur Zeit laufen lassen. Wenn man das Programm wechselt, dauert es ewig, weil es ja alles Webseiten sind, die geladen werden müssen. Dazu kommen die endlosen Klickwege, um mal vom Inhalt der einen App zu einem Inhalt in einer anderen App zu kommen. Die einzelnen Komponenten arbeiten überhaupt nicht zusammen und alles ist nur auf die Mail-Infrastruktur von Exchange aufgepfropft. Und die Webapps von Office will niemand verwenden.
Ich verstehe nicht, wie sich Leute das schönreden können.
Microsoft posted this yesterday:
Storm-2561 uses SEO poisoning to distribute fake VPN clients for credential theft https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/03/12/storm-2561-uses-seo-poisoning-to-distribute-fake-vpn-clients-for-credential-theft/
More:
The Hacker News: https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/storm-2561-spreads-trojan-vpn-clients.html @thehackernews #infosec #Microsoft