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Windows RDP lets you log in using revoked passwords. Microsoft is OK with that. - Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
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Even after users change their account password, however, it remains valid for RDP logins indefinitely. In some cases, Wade reported, multiple older passwords will work while newer ones won’t. The result: persistent RDP access that bypasses cloud verification, multifactor authentication, and Conditional Access policies.

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Microsoft CEO says up to 30% of the company’s code was written by AI (techcrunch.com)
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Microsoft's AI Secretly Copying All Your Private Messages (futurism.com)
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Crossposted from https://lemmy.world/post/28867112

  • In December, an investigation by Tom's Hardware found that Recall frequently captured sensitive information in its screenshots, including credit card numbers and Social Security numbers — even though its "filter sensitive information" setting was supposed to prevent that from happening.
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[Opinion] Windows isn't an OS, it's a bad habit that wants to become an addiction (www.theregister.com)
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Crossposted from https://lemmy.zip/post/37409326

Opinion: Think that next refresh is going to get better? The first step to freedom is admitting there's a problem

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How is Mozilla doing you ask? Firefox VCS has completed the move from their own infra to checks notes oh yeah, GitHub dot com (github.com)
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Title is from Linus Torvald’s quote

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Replace Windows, Not Your Device (news.opensuse.org)
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Microsoft made an ad with generative AI and nobody noticed (www.theverge.com)
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Microsoft Is Dedicated To Building A Dodgy New Database Of Every Windows 11 User’s Online Behaviors (www.techdirt.com)
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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/34827076

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft’s Products and Services (www.linuxlinks.com)
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Widespread Microsoft Entra lockouts tied to new security feature rollout (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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OneDrive clients for Windows, Mac still broken 10 months on (www.theregister.com)
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Microsoft is digging its own grave with Windows 11, and it has to stop (www.techradar.com)
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That groan you hear is users’ reaction to Recall going back into Windows Snapshotting and AI processing a screen every 3 seconds. What could possibly go wrong? (arstechnica.com)
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Microsoft mulls more job cuts, this time focused on managers and non-coders, not just low performers, sources say (www.businessinsider.com)
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In December 2023, Microsoft announced deprecation of WMR with complete removal in a future release of Windows 11 (version 24H2, which arrived in late 2024) (en.wikipedia.org)
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Microsoft reportedly fires staff whose protest interrupted its Copilot event (techcrunch.com)
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A Copilot Never Forgets: Microsoft's AI Gets a Memory, Extended 'Vision' (www.pcmag.com)
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Microsoft employee disrupts 50th anniversary and calls AI boss ‘war profiteer’ (www.thespuzz.com)
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ZeniMax workers union votes to authorize a strike against Microsoft over stalled contract negotiations (www.pcgamer.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/41645981

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CryptPad is planning on migrating away from GitHub! (fosstodon.org)
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They’re looking into Forgejo

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Organic Maps fully migrated from GitHub to Forgejo (mastodon.social)
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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59602943

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Thousands report outage affecting Microsoft services like Outlook (apnews.com)
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BDS Microsoft Page (bdsmovement.net)
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