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Keyhole – Forge own Windows Store licenses

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Re: Keyhole – Forge own Windows Store licenses

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Post by [deleted] »

ddingus wrote: post #200
Brian_K_White wrote: post #190

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Hell technical people can't figure it out. Everyone complains that it's fragile because what if their phone breaks, and those that think they know better, think it's because of the dozen one-time-use emergency codes. It's not their fault though. Every web site or service that offers totp and the most user-facing apps like google authenticator all scrupulously avoid telling you to save the seed value in the initial se…

Where can I read more about how this is done.

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Post by ravetcofx »

a1o wrote: post #61

Does anyone knows a good way to activate MS Office on macOS ? Doesn't matter how many times I buy the thing it eventually forgets the license and calling Microsoft Support usually doesn't result in anything. One day Office starts complaining that it's not activated and then it eventually locks me out of it. It would be nice if the Office license on macOS actually worked but if there's an easy solution for activation…

Alternative answer, Use LibreOffice

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Post by therein »

olyjohn wrote: post #57
a1o wrote: post #53

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I have no idea how to get access to LTSC Windows without it. I have bought Windows PRO keys in case someone asks one day, but as a person, I really don't know how to get the not annoying Windows that is available for companies.

The pro keys won't cover you if someone asks. You're not licensed for LTSC and you can't have it without an enterprise agreement. It's still piracy. you might as well have not even paid for the pro keys.

It could still help with a jury of his peers.

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Post by __MatrixMan__ »

Bognar wrote: post #191
__MatrixMan__ wrote: post #81

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Is it so radical to want to be in control of your stuff? What are these use cases where we need to have third parties in control? I don't really buy the gaming one, in every other domain where a community of people are gathering to do a thing they enjoy together it's on the community and not the tool maker to figure out how to avoid bad behavior. If you don't wanna play with cheaters then just play with somebody else…

You are in control. You can disable secure boot, you can install your own keys, you don't have to boot windows, you don't have to play games that demand invasive anti-cheat. Vote with your wallet. Relying on the community to police cheaters is not an effective strategy for online skill-based matchmaking games. There's a reason game companies spend money and effort on anti-cheat and it's not because they're ignoring c…

If I felt confident that I would always be able to disable secure boot, I wouldn't be so worried about it.

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Post by dfox »

nulld3v wrote: post #18
dist-epoch wrote: post #11

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People have been saying that for more than 10 years now, since the TPM was introduced. Yet you can still install Linux on PCs sold with Windows, you can still install third party software on Windows not from a Store, you can still watch pirated movies downloaded from torrents. You can even run an unregistered/unpaid version of Windows if you don't mind that it will not let you change the desktop background image.

Or you can recognize that app/game developers are starting to require Secure Boot enforcement if you want to continue to use their apps or play their games. RIOT requires users to enable TPM-enforced Secure Boot starting with Windows 11 to play Valorant: https://support-valorant.riotgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/100...

One thing that I do not understand is how an app can determine whether secure boot is enabled in any kind of secure way. The TPM and Secure boot system is not designed for that.

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Post by beeboobaa3 »

lupusreal wrote: post #147
beeboobaa3 wrote: post #101

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First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

Financially supporting games which do a thing you disapprove of is so counter productive it defies rational explaination. You aren't "speaking out", you're joining the party and paying membership dues. How could you get so twisted around? Brain damage, that must be it.

Sure and today it's games, and tomorrow it'll be something you care about.

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Post by trog »

38 wrote: post #199
hoffs wrote: post #196

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Golden rule to get exploited

the "but muh security" argument is absolute horseshit 99% of the time. and the 1% that actually need it, are going well beyond automatic updates to secure their systems.

If you look at the background radiation of the Internet of automated things just hitting services to probe for exploits, they are most commonly looking for exploits from bugs in older software.

There's a timing argument - that unless you're at risk of zero days (like you're the DOD) - that you probably don't need to upgrade immediately. But it seems unarguable to me that the longer you wait, the greater the risk from a security perspective.

As always, security is a trade off. Risk of breaking from an update has to be balanced against risk of exploit. I'd argue the latter is going up more quickly than the former.

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Post by hedora »

fragmede wrote: post #208
klodolph wrote: post #180

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That would require a pretty creative interpretation of the CFAA.

The CFAA's broad enough so as to allow a lot of creative interpretation. A journalist using view source was breaking the CFAA was one district attorneys view.

This is the only carve out I could find for manufacturers of computers:

> No action may be brought under this subsection for the negligent design or manufacture of computer hardware, computer software, or firmware.

I guess Microsoft could argue their entire operating system business, app store, and update infrastructure are intentionally negligent, and so not covered.

I’d think a reasonable court would say that it’s working as designed, and therefore not covered by the carve out.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030

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Post by quectophoton »

Tepix wrote: post #112
simonjgreen wrote: post #97

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Total tangent, but extremely interested in the use of the Yen/Yuan sign as a footnote marker. Is there some history here I’ve overlooked or is this just arbitrary?

Haha - i was looking for ¹, ² or § but couldn‘t find them on my german ipad onscreen keyboard, so i improvised.

I usually do it like this[1], if that helps.

[1]: Borrowing syntax from Markdown.

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