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Microsoft terminates VeraCrypt account, halting Windows updates

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Re: Microsoft terminates VeraCrypt account, halting Windows updates

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With Windows, you get what you pay for. In this case, that's an OS controlled by an unaccountable company that can take application software away from you. Related: If you're the customer, you're the product.

Windows actually isn't very cheap.

Re: Microsoft terminates VeraCrypt account, halting Windows updates

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With Windows, you get what you pay for. In this case, that's an OS controlled by an unaccountable company that can take application software away from you. Related: If you're the customer, you're the product.

you can always either disable secureboot and driver signature verification, or (the better solution) just enroll your own certificate in your TPM and sign the driver with that...

Re: Microsoft terminates VeraCrypt account, halting Windows updates

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With Windows, you get what you pay for. In this case, that's an OS controlled by an unaccountable company that can take application software away from you. Related: If you're the customer, you're the product.

Hmmm, so basically Google but you also pay for it?

Re: Microsoft terminates VeraCrypt account, halting Windows updates

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With Windows, you get what you pay for. In this case, that's an OS controlled by an unaccountable company that can take application software away from you. Related: If you're the customer, you're the product.

you can always either disable secureboot and driver signature verification, or (the better solution) just enroll your own certificate in your TPM and sign the driver with that...

> or (the better solution) just enroll your own certificate in your TPM and sign the driver with that...

I'll tell Grandma that's what she needs to do.

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