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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 j16sdiz »

bilekas wrote: post #443
feyman_r wrote: post #428

Update from a VP at Microsoft: https://x.com/shanselman/status/2041977121686585396?s=46

Amazing that their processes failed and didn't work, so the VP lashes out at everyone calling them out for it. It's not like Microslop isn't a huge organization that is the critical component here. Extremely unprofessional response, I'll reiterate, they see regular users as a nuisance.

I guess the real problem is, everybody's inbox is overwhelmed with useless junk.

Expect someone read and follow instructions in email are not that realistic anymore

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

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Post by pogue »

riskable wrote: post #195
perlgeek wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't this Microsoft abusing their quasi-monopoly as a consumer PC OS vendor? If it weren't for the current administration, I'd say it's time for regulatory action.

The time for regulatory action against Microsoft was thirty years ago and the need for it has only grown since then. The FTC wasn't doing their job between 1980-2020 because of their ridiculous standard of, "if it doesn't raise consumer prices, it must be allowed." This lead to massive consolidation in many industries which of course ended up raising prices and hurting consumers anyway. Recently they've had some wins…

Lina Khan was right - after allowing the Activation merger, Game Pass prices skyrocketed to $30 a month for their most expensive tier.

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

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Post by aeternum »

nostrademons wrote: post #444
aeternum wrote: post #416

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A core tenet of Truecrypt + Veracrypt (developer guarantee) has always been no backdoors, even if requested by government. If in a democratic society, the majority agrees that government should have backdoors (with the correct oversight). Then it follows that Veracrypt should be illegal as its use is not in alignment with the will of the majority. I personally don't agree with the majority here but can you fault the…

Most forms of democracy do not have a direct correspondence between "the will of the people" and the actual policies enacted. As another poster mentioned, tyranny of the majority is a thing, and robust democracies have evolved institutions to deal with it. Otherwise there's nothing stopping the majority from periodically voting the minority off the island, Survivor style, until only a single dictator remains. In the…

Ah so the iron law of oligarchy becomes our salvation

if only it were so simple

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

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Post by [deleted] »

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

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Post by number201724 »

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…

Did you also receive the same support email?

They always just tell me to ask copilot, then they open a case using copilot, and then they tell me to ask copilot again. I said I wanted to prove that the code didn't contain malicious code, and they still told me to ask copilot...

This account has been suspended because the code you submitted contains malware or potential vulnerabilities. If you believe your account was suspended in error and can demonstrate that the code you submitted does not contain malware or vulnerabilities, please follow the below steps, and contact us. . Go here: http://aka.ms/hardwaresupport 2. Click Contact Us 3. Make sure you are signed in with a user associated with the HDC account in Partner Center 4. Select Ask Copilot to receive email support.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

number201724 wrote: post #456
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…

Did you also receive the same support email? They always just tell me to ask copilot, then they open a case using copilot, and then they tell me to ask copilot again. I said I wanted to prove that the code didn't contain malicious code, and they still told me to ask copilot... This account has been suspended because the code you submitted contains malware or potential vulnerabilities. If you believe your account was…

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

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h »

estimator7292 wrote: post #401
jraph wrote: post #342

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not that easy. I agree that supporting Windows helps its ecosystem. But also open source software on Windows is an important gateway to the free world. When you are already used to Firefox, LibreOffice and VLC, you might as well switch to Linux painlessly, but if those didn't run on Windows, switching to Linux would require relearning everything.

Irrelevant. If it's time to stop using windows, all those windows users will have to relearn everything either way. Whether they do it in a windows environment or a linux one doesn't really change the equation. A sudden lack of software on windows will increase user migration. If we all keep publishing for windows, users will just stay there because their needs are already met.

> If it's time to stop using windows, all those windows users will have to relearn everything either way.

No, that's the thing; they ideally would only need to replace the OS. Many long years ago, when I switched from Windows to Ubuntu (this was back when it was good), part of why it was so easy is because I mostly kept the same applications. If you use eg. Firefox, VLC, open/libreoffice, audacity, etc., then you can install a new OS, reinstall the same applications, and barely have to change anything. That's huge.

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

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Post by account42 »

aeternum wrote: post #381
nostrademons wrote: post #355

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It would not surprise me if these actions are coming at the requests of governments. Strong encryption is one of the few things that challenges their monopoly on information; they have a very strong incentive to apply political pressure to the maintainers of these projects to, well, stop maintaining the projects. We've seen this in overt actions that the EU takes; in more covert actions that the U.S. government is su…

>More regulation won't help here, because the regulation-maker is itself the hostile party. It's easy to paint the big gov as bad, but this is a case where unfortunately the populace seems to be in agreement with the big bad gov. While most US citizens support encryption, 76% or so, the vast majority 63% also favor government "backdoor" access for national security reasons. I guess either we believe in democracy or w…

Does the majority of the population even have a self-formed opinion on this or are they just parroting what the media tells them (which in many "democratic" countries is directly or indirectly controlled by the government, i.e. propaganda).
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