Well, Microsoft is getting ready to annoy its faithful Windows 10 user base with yet another prompt. This time, Microsoft wants Windows 10 users to switch from using a local account to their online Microsoft account.
The article was published September 29, 2023 (9 days ago).
The guide provides every option available, too. Starting with using their Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), to using a Virtual Machine, and even on "Bare Metal" alongside Windows.
That's right, Microsoft now tells you how to dual-boot Linux. 🤯
I'm doing a screenshot tour of #Microsoft#Encarta to look at how the #UI evolved over time, starting with the very first version, which is not the 1994 edition -- but a quirky almost un-Microsoft like package from 1993. This is so early for CD-based software that it predates the CD-ROM standard; yes, this is a High-Sierra disc! (https://www.os2museum.com/wp/looking-for-high-sierra/)
After basically the whole #Microsoft#Azure cloud was hacked (see list of related sources on https://karl-voit.at/cloud/ ), the first follow-up incidents went public caused by missing containment actions:
If you didn't understand until now: basically EVERYTHING at Microsoft got hacked and Microsoft can't (or won't) get rid of the intruders. Everything authenticated by Microsoft is tainted. Even #Windows auth.
"Berufsschullehrerverband: Microsoft 365 ist datenschutzkonform" 👇
Während die DSK bzw. Aufsichtsbehörden tatsächlich Fakten vorlegen, stützen sich Microsoft-Befürworter überwiegend auf Unterlagen, die Microsoft bereitstellt. Wer im Jahr 2023 die Rechtskonformität eines Produkts/Dienstleistung tatsächlich noch ausschließlich auf Papier- bzw. Vertragslage bewertet, dem sei gesagt: You had one job!
@keno3003 Sorry euer #Passkeys-Werbevideo klingt nach Lobbying für Großkonzerne.
Passkeys hat mit dem Wegfallens des Schutz des Secrets im Vergleich zu #FIDO2 eine deutlich geringere Vertrauenswürdigkeit. Passkeys wäre nur dann sicherer, wenn man den Betreibern wie #Apple, #Google, #Microsoft absolut vertraut, dass die mein Secret ordentlich handhaben. Aktuellstes Beispiel ist Microsoft mit dem Verteilen von Generalschlüsseln zur #Cloud. 😔
Normale 2FA ist somit sicherer als Passkeys. #TOTP
⭐ What programming language do you use most of your life? Why exactly?
Most of my time I worked with almost the entire .Net stack, and in recent years it's Unity, so my language is C#
There were episodes in my life with mobile, many web stuff, java, c++, databases, etc.
Nach meiner Einschätzung sind nicht nur große Teile der Microsoft-O365-Service kompromittiert, sondern auch alle Windows-Rechner, die damit verbunden waren. Ein Super-Gau epischen Ausmaßes - scheint vielen aktuell nicht klar zu sein. 🤷♂️ 👇
#Microsoft looks like it's going to be building it's tool called #Windows#Copilot directly into their OS. They're also including a Copilot in Office and Edge. Basically all Microsoft products will have a built in "assistant". If you're concerned about AI having access to your data, it's going to be much more difficult to avoid in the near future. Adding to the concern is this is black box AI. It's not open. We have no idea what's going on inside that digital head.
I am really, really, REALLY irritated by what I just saw. The #ImageDescription function of Microsoft's #Bing is outright lying to people with vision impairments about what appears in images it receives. It's bad enough when an #LLM is allowed to tell lies that a person can easily check for veracity themselves. But how the hell are you going to offer this so-called service to someone who can't check the claims being made and NEEDS those claims to be correct?
How long till someone gets poisoned because Bing lied and told someone it was food that hasn't expired when it has, or that it's safe to drink when it's cleaning solution, or God knows what? This is downright irresponsible and dangerous. #Microsoft either needs to put VERY CLEAR disclaimers on their service, or just take it down until it can actually be trusted.
I hate sounding like the old guy in the room when I say things like "phone design used to be more fun". I mean, I AM the old guy in the room, but I hate SOUNDING like the old guy complaining about new tech.
Frosted gradients. Laser etched glossy. Bold primary color polycarb. Metal and leather. Different form factors and features... Sigh...
Well, apparently #microsoft#Sharepoint now has the ability to scan inside of password-protected zip archives.
How do I know? Because I have a lot of Zips (encrypted with a password) that contain malware, and my typical method of sharing those is to upload those passworded Zips into a Sharepoint directory.
This morning, I discovered that a couple of password-protected Zips are flagged as "Malware detected" which limits what I can do with those files - they are basically dead space now.
While I totally understand doing this for anyone other than a malware analyst, this kind of nosy, get-inside-your-business way of handling this is going to become a big problem for people like me who need to send their colleagues malware samples. The available space to do this just keeps shrinking and it will impact the ability of malware researchers to do their jobs.
Wer 2023 immer noch mit #Microsoft in seinem Unternehmen plant, dem sei gesagt: Der Maschinenraum dieser »Titanic« ist bereits voll Wasser gelaufen. Die Datenschützer & Sicherheitsexperten haben schon unzählige Male oben im Tanzsaal Alarm geschlagen. Aber dort wird noch Champagner getrunken, die Kapelle spielt irgendwas. Die hören nicht, dass das Ganze untergeht. 🌊
Windows 10 will start pushing users to use Microsoft accounts. How to turn it off. (mashable.com)
Well, Microsoft is getting ready to annoy its faithful Windows 10 user base with yet another prompt. This time, Microsoft wants Windows 10 users to switch from using a local account to their online Microsoft account.
Xbox users call out Activision and Microsoft for "vomit inducing" full-screen Modern Warfare 3 ad (www.eurogamer.net)
Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft can now go ahead and close its giant deal.
Microsoft would buy Valve 'if opportunity arises,' said Phil Spencer in leaked email (www.pcgamer.com)
But its prime target was Nintendo, according to a 2020 email leaked during the FTC v Microsoft trial.