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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 janc_ »

deltoidmaximus wrote: post #495
donmcronald wrote: post #464

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“Action Required” followed by the shittiest, least detailed, most ambiguous instructions on the planet is a Microslop staple. It’s exhilarating to get a couple of them in the same week. The ones that tell you there’s a problem with your MS365 subscription, but don’t tell you which one are an especially exciting challenge to deal with. Bonus points if they warn about “possible data deletion” without specifying what.

> The ones that tell you there’s a problem with your MS365 subscription, but don’t tell you which one are an especially exciting challenge to deal with. Bonus points if they warn about “possible data deletion” without specifying what. These are real? I get these in my spam box all the time and they have all the hallmarks of a phishing scam, urgency combined with vague description with no verifiable details that aren'…

I get those too, and I don’t even have any Microsoft accounts. So I assume at least some of them are not real. ;)

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

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Post by janc_ »

j16sdiz wrote: post #451
bilekas wrote: post #443

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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

While I do get a lot of mail, including a lot of spam, it’s not that bad.

And the real problem is that most commercial companies make their legitimate administrative/legal mails look more & more like spam or phishing mails, not the other way around.

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

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Post by janc_ »

bornfreddy wrote: post #393
jug wrote: post #127

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I went on a Wikipedia dive and discovered this funny bit regarding the court process surrounding Lavabit and FBI's desire of the TLS private keys. > The contempt of court was caused by Levison providing the keys printed in a tiny (4 point) font, which was deemed "largely illegible" by an FBI motion, which went on to complain that "To make use of these keys, the FBI would have to manually input all 2560 characters, an…

That's just stupid. Take 10 people, each enters the data independently, compare their versions and select the most common of each character. With 1 second per character they would finish in an hour, coffee break included. They just didn't want to bother.

Using OCR you could reduce that to seconds.

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

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Post by stevenicr »

harel wrote: post #326
beng-nl wrote: post #280

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I understand the sentiment, but.. do you realize how much more expensive that would make all these services? I don’t know the number. But personally I think using the services and ‘simply’ only use them if the disappearance isn’t catastrophic and have the price be low or free while it works isn’t too bad a trade-off. Admittedly that’s a big ‘if.’

Honestly, it's not our problem. Once a service becomes so vital it cannot be terminated without any meaningful process. My meta developer account is suspended and none of my appeals are responded to . Who can I talk to? Nobody. It's wrong.

Have a similar problem. Ran meta ads for about a week, account shutdown. asked to verify ID. Jumped through the hoops. Got a notice perma ban, decisions final.

I still don't know why. I've talked to their chat bots many times. I can't run facebook or instagram ads ever again is seems. (also can't boost posts and some other things mentioned)

Considering they are doing some big push for small business success with meta / facebook / instagram, and our AI helps small business do amazing things...

That just seems like fraud to me considering the experience I have gone through.

Part of me thinks if I had a business that made most of it's money from advertising that I would help people make ads that align with their policies - I got so many generic - follow our terms, community guidelines - nothing explains what they heck is wrong. No way to fix it. No way to keep running ads.

This is your business, this is your AI, this is your policy, and you are trying to promote a welcoming space for small business and a dependence on your AI?

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

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Post by cacophony1977 »

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

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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…

It's pretty hilarious to me that you think the Constitution is anything more than a piece of paper. Or that the judicial branch cannot be co-opted. It's not magic champ. It's maintained by consensus.

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

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Post by apple4ever »

prox wrote: post #245
ninjagoo wrote: post #241

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It has been clear for a while that certain providers and services need to be regulated as utilities - Microsoft, Google, Apple, Visa, Mastercard, and soon Openai and Anthropic. It should be illegal for these companies, just like utilities, to deny service to anyone or any entity in good standing for dues. There is little hope for getting this through in the US where most politicians of any stripe hate the public, and…

We need a law that a human representative can be spoken to within 24 hours or directly when something critical happens. Also “there is no appeal possible” should be plain illegal.

> Also “there is no appeal possible” should be plain illegal.

This. There should always be an appeal, to a real human you can talk too (not just a form letter or email).

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