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Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open source projects

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Re: Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open source projects

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Post by trinsic2 »

shevy-java wrote: post #5
myko wrote: post #2

Modern computing does not make me feel good. Really hate this signing business controlled by the OS vendors. I get the added security benefits, but I'm not sure the tradeoff is worth it.

> but I'm not sure the tradeoff is worth it. Well corporations decide on that. I abandoned rubygems.org when they added the 100.000 download limit; past that point I was no longer able to remove old gem. Then came the new corporate laws for rubygems.org and mass-firing of about 8 open source developers who were involved with the ruby ecosystem. We simply need to accept that corporations controlling an ecosystem can l…

We need to create a special interest org for people that support general computing. I'm open to be part of something like this.[0]. Reach out to me if interested

[0]: https://scottRlarson.com

Re: Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open source projects

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Post by mcdeltat »

tacker2000 wrote: post #16

In the tech world, security is mostly just a theater , it is used to push though unwanted and unpopular things, like access control, privacy invasion, etc... All this signing business, leads to one party having the final say, and guess what, they are going to abuse that power...

Because some people realised that insurance is the ultimate form of security? Why prevent failure when the consequences of failure can simply be offloaded to others?

Re: Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open source projects

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Post by adabyron »

dontdoxxme wrote: post #29

Microsoft loves sending emails with "Action required" in the subject, when actually no action is required, or it doesn't apply to you, or whatever. Such corporate speak. It's fun searching your email for "Action required" and finding all the things you were supposed to do and it turns out didn't need to do anything about.

Google famously just did this with their Captcha service. Had lots of people signing up for a more complicated version on Google Cloud that they didn't need to do.

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Post by awestroke »

semiquaver wrote: post #43
awestroke wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wouldn't install that update if I were you

This is the definition of FUD.

Or a reasonable security posture. Unless there is a vulnerability in the current version, why scramble to update? And if the author:

1. claims they do not have access to the signing account

2. Recently said that they are not planning any important release in the next 60 days

Then I would claim that rushing to update is plain reckless. But move fast and break things, I guess

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Post by Hendrikto »

golfer wrote: post #39
dontdoxxme wrote: post #29

Microsoft loves sending emails with "Action required" in the subject, when actually no action is required, or it doesn't apply to you, or whatever. Such corporate speak. It's fun searching your email for "Action required" and finding all the things you were supposed to do and it turns out didn't need to do anything about.

"Crying wolf" constantly like this is so frustrating. It waters down the message until they send something you really need to worry about, which you ignore like the rest of the pointless messages.

What marketing/sales/HR types don’t seem to understand is that when everything is the highest priority, nothing is.

Re: Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open source projects

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Post by pjmlp »

rixthefox wrote: post #23

lol, Microslop shooting themselves in the foot once again. At this point people will move to MacOS or Linux because so much damage to their brand can’t simply be ignored anymore.

No they won't, because Apple is out of reach for their pockets, and most OEMs still don't sell Linux powered devices on the shops people go to.

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Post by giancarlostoro »

adabyron wrote: post #63
dontdoxxme wrote: post #29

Microsoft loves sending emails with "Action required" in the subject, when actually no action is required, or it doesn't apply to you, or whatever. Such corporate speak. It's fun searching your email for "Action required" and finding all the things you were supposed to do and it turns out didn't need to do anything about.

Google famously just did this with their Captcha service. Had lots of people signing up for a more complicated version on Google Cloud that they didn't need to do.

At that point I would rather sign up for CloudFlare's captcha service. I already use them for some of my websites.

Re: Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open source projects

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Post by pino83 »

Owwwwww...... :D

I've no idea whether MS either has a veeeeery clever plan about what they are doing, and I just don't get it, or whether that's just completely stupid in the current times when Windows' fanbase is somewhat declining anyways.

On the other hand, people always have a hard time understanding the trouble they order when they let things centralize too much. When they are too okay with depending on e.g. BigTech companies too much.

And in that regard, those news are probably actually good news... It helps people learning about how things work... So they can make better decisions in the future. Better for all of us.

Re: Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open source projects

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Post by tock »

pjmlp wrote: post #66
rixthefox wrote: post #23

lol, Microslop shooting themselves in the foot once again. At this point people will move to MacOS or Linux because so much damage to their brand can’t simply be ignored anymore.

No they won't, because Apple is out of reach for their pockets, and most OEMs still don't sell Linux powered devices on the shops people go to.

The Neo changes things. Only $600.

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Post by user2722 »

patates wrote: post #30
rixthefox wrote: post #23

lol, Microslop shooting themselves in the foot once again. At this point people will move to MacOS or Linux because so much damage to their brand can’t simply be ignored anymore.

Writing this from a corporate win11 computer, the whole thing is so laggy, it's unbelievable. Last year, I had revived my old desktop from 2007 with an intel Q6600, windows xp and a clicky dying HDD, and that thing flied compared to this. Dear Microsoft and its partners (Especially DELL!), what the hell happened?!

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