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Microsoft terminated the account VeraCrypt used to sign Windows drivers

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Re: Microsoft terminated the account VeraCrypt used to sign Windows drivers

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Post by WarmWash »

hparadiz wrote: post #207
WarmWash wrote: post #181

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Linux is stuck because it's made and maintained by people who love linux. Look at popular unix based OS's - Android, MacOS, iOS.. Whats the first thing they do? Take the command line out back and shoot it. Whereas for linux users, their is this l33t h4cker festishization of only using a keyboard to do everything. All these distros have an extremely robust CLI under the hood, and an afterthought quasi GUI on the surfa…

Why do folks act like windows isn't full of cli commands? First thing on any windows box is running debloat in powershell. Installing apps from a gui in Linux has been solved for a long time.

Having an excellent CLI doesn't preclude having an excellent GUI. No reason we can't have both.

Also I hate linux repos with a passion, because they are optimized for CLI usuage, and (like the whole OS) the GUI parts are a total unoptimized afterthought. Never mind that they are a dumping ground for whatever code anyone shits out, with virtually zero management or curation. With a CLI you don't see this, with a GUI it's a total mess.

I'm fine with app stores, but they need to be actively managed and curated. If not, I far far prefer just downloading .exe's from the source.

Re: Microsoft terminated the account VeraCrypt used to sign Windows drivers

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Post by bombcar »

no_time wrote: post #103
Topfi wrote: post #85

Honest question, did we ever get an answer what was the cause for the sudden change from the original Truecrypt developer? Even if one doesn't want to maintain that project for purely private reasons, recommending Bitlocker as the drop-in-replacement always made it smell fishy to me.

I would also like to know why is it excluded from Archive.org https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/https://www.true...

This can be done by Archive.org doing it for whatever reason (asked, on their own, etc) or it can be triggered by the current owner of the domain modifying robots.txt I believe.

Re: Microsoft terminated the account VeraCrypt used to sign Windows drivers

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Post by whyoh »

firen777 wrote: post #4

It's like LibreOffice all over again: https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-bans-libreoffice-devel...

That probably had nothing to do with LibreOffice. Lots of people have had their MS accounts locked for no reason. I guess the automatic abuse detection system just sucks.

My advice is don't use a MS account if you can, at least not for anything critical. You don't need it for development, you can use 3rd party CAs for signatures.

Re: Microsoft terminated the account VeraCrypt used to sign Windows drivers

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Post by ComputerGuru »

ransom1538 wrote: post #122
zx2c4 wrote: post #39

This is the same problem I'm currently facing with WireGuard. No warning at all, no notification. One day I sign in to publish an update, and yikes, account suspended. Currently undergoing some sort of 60 days appeals process, but who knows. That's kind of crazy: what if there were some critical RCE in WireGuard, being exploited in the wild, and I needed to update users immediately? (That's just hypothetical; don't f…

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That’s not how any of this works. There are separate teams within (each division of) Microsoft that could easily pull the plug on your account (or if not the entire account then your account’s access to the specific service or family of services) for any of a myriad purported reasons or alleged ToS violations.

No one is calling an executive meeting to discuss banning an OSS dev’s account.

Re: Microsoft terminated the account VeraCrypt used to sign Windows drivers

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Post by badocr »

abcd_f wrote: post #95
Topfi wrote: post #85

Honest question, did we ever get an answer what was the cause for the sudden change from the original Truecrypt developer? Even if one doesn't want to maintain that project for purely private reasons, recommending Bitlocker as the drop-in-replacement always made it smell fishy to me.

It's more or less commonly accepted that its creator got jailed for being an arms dealer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Le_Roux

My theory is that Le Roux was just financing the (two?) TrueCrypt developers.

Re: Microsoft terminated the account VeraCrypt used to sign Windows drivers

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Post by nslsm »

DHowett wrote: post #214
nslsm wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You also get a huge watermark that says "Test Mode" that takes up the entire screen (not kidding)

Three lines of text in 12-point font in the corner which can be covered by a window is hardly “the entire screen.”

They changed it recently.

https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/f8eac...

Re: Microsoft terminated the account VeraCrypt used to sign Windows drivers

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Post by andrewmcwatters »

Pay08 wrote: post #99
8cvor6j844qw_d6 wrote: post #44

Seeing this kind of friction makes me more confident in VeraCrypt. The tools that never seem to run into trouble with platform gatekeepers are the ones I'd worry about.

That seems like a very nonsensical stance.

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Re: Microsoft terminated the account VeraCrypt used to sign Windows drivers

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Post by unethical_ban »

I run a dual boot of windows and am currently dauly-driving CachyOS quite happily. I've been playing some Crimson desert and got some occasional crashes... But any other game I have has run smoothly.

Their GUI tools for package management are thin wrappers on CLI tools, but are enough hand-holding that most people should navigate it fine. More devices worked out of the box for my with Linux than Windows.

Just like if you haven't tried AI in a year and have mocked it, you need to try it again. Of you haven't tried Linux desktop in a few years, you need to try again. CachyOS really does seem to handle the driver installs and gaming compatibility well.

Re: Microsoft terminated the account VeraCrypt used to sign Windows drivers

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Post by jandrese »

pocksuppet wrote: post #124
zx2c4 wrote: post #39

This is the same problem I'm currently facing with WireGuard. No warning at all, no notification. One day I sign in to publish an update, and yikes, account suspended. Currently undergoing some sort of 60 days appeals process, but who knows. That's kind of crazy: what if there were some critical RCE in WireGuard, being exploited in the wild, and I needed to update users immediately? (That's just hypothetical; don't f…

The other day I tried to create a Github account and was repeatedly told I am fraudulent. Nothing else. Try again later, it says. This is the same thing that's happened every time I've tried to have a Microsoft account. I don't think Microsoft wants to have customers who aren't rich.

Maybe some bot signed up using your email and then did bot things on it. I've had that happen a lot over the years. My Microsoft account is still stuck in German because that's the language the bot used when creating the account (to spam X-Box apparently).
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