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ngl I read that as “fights” at first, and I was intrigued!
With Kevin Bacon wielding the paddle
2·6 days agoVertical tacos with stinky cheese two for $1.49
Yoyonnaise is great for food that keeps coming back up
I know it’s an autocorrect error, but "foaming at the mouse acolytes"actually works here. “The Mouse” aka Disney. Hah!
Turns out Jackson is also a master at reading bedtime stories…
3·16 days agoThis is how Scotty survived being trapped in that Dyson Sphere for all that time…
They used to measure the Kessel Run in meter-years until the numbers got too big to convey in astromech code.
Isn’t Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a special security operation?
The US gov’t does this to gain leverage over these companies – not to help Americans. They can then use them to conduct surveillance on us.
Imagine if they sold can openers inside sealed tin cans… And not the kind with the pull tab.
161·28 days agoBut the real question is… How do they taste?
1·2 months agoHopefully you don’t care, but in case you do I didn’t downvote you. I was not offended, but I am grateful I had an opportunity to share some of the unique insights I’ve experienced.
I never said it was a good thing. I was just commenting on the aggressive nature of Brazil LEO. Microsoft in particular bends over backwards for any gov’t or LEO. I can only assume the Feds got substantial leverage over them, perhaps by manipulating the antitrust cases. Same tactics they use on the smaller guys works on the big corps too I guess. Top customer of MS legal compliance is by far the US Fed with 5000-7000 blanket surveillance of Americans presumably part of PRISM. Second highest is definitely Brazil, and they are very demanding and impatient.
Back in 2016, MS was advertising Customer Lockbox as an answer to gov’t intrusion into customer privacy. It sounded perfect. Customer gets encryption keys so MS cannot comply with lawful interception requests. I think Apple does this, and it works well for them and their customers. However today I cannot tell if MS lied, dismantled this aspect of this feature, or buried it such that no one uses this ability.
While we’re talking about MS playing snitch, watch out for Windows 11 and the TPM hardware requirement. Sure this might be a useful tool to fight ransomware scammers, but it definitely can also be used to fingerprint a PC and make everything potentially traceable. Look up machine identification code aka yellow dots for a nifty parallel in the printer world (pun intended).
I generally agree, but I feel like Windows 8.1 was a vast improvement on 8. It was really more like Windows 9 with a Windows 8 theme.
Brazil does not fuck around. They famously jailed several Microsoft execs when they didn’t hand over some emails a few years ago.
Edit: Skype data not emails and one exec
In the US, agents must petition a judge for a search warrant. If granted, the agent may then compel an IT company to produce. If they are able, they must comply. It isn’t up to the CEO to decide what he feels is right.
Look for services that allow your data to be encrypted, but it must also clearly state the service provider does not have the encryption keys – you do. Apple does this, I believe.