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> an even worse look for Microsoft. Microsoft have a terrible reputation for security, which they've earned through doing stuff like this. It's not likely to get any better any time soon either, as their trajectory is still pointed downwards.
I don’t know enough to comment on that reputation, but this surprises me. They’re known for being great at serving and selling to the enterprise, frequently at the expense of end users, and big enterprises/govts care a lot about security usually. Even if much of that caring is box ticking rather than actually looking into the security (hello ISO27001), you’d expect it to result in generally a security conscious cultu…
They may be good when luring in customers, but once thats done, they don't give a fuck about anything but their current cash flow. And the fact that ultra-big players can ask them for customized OS distribution that has this turned off (just like my own mega corporation) doesn't change anything on statements above.