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danpalmer ◴[] No.42285229[source]
This is a bad look. I expected the result would be Chrome and Firefox dropping trust for this CA, but they already don't trust this CA. Arguably, Microsoft/Windows trusting a CA that the other big players choose not to trust is an even worse look for Microsoft.
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justinclift ◴[] No.42286897[source]
> an even worse look for Microsoft.

Microsoft have a terrible reputation for security, which they've earned through doing stuff like this.

It's not likely to get any better any time soon either, as their trajectory is still pointed downwards.

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danpalmer ◴[] No.42287058[source]
I don’t know enough to comment on that reputation, but this surprises me. They’re known for being great at serving and selling to the enterprise, frequently at the expense of end users, and big enterprises/govts care a lot about security usually. Even if much of that caring is box ticking rather than actually looking into the security (hello ISO27001), you’d expect it to result in generally a security conscious culture.
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1. jajko ◴[] No.42287558[source]
Company pushing constant snooping of all activity of users even on professional/enterprise variants of their OS can't be taken seriously re security, so absolutely no idea where this rumor 'They’re known for being great at serving and selling to the enterprise' comes from.

They may be good when luring in customers, but once thats done, they don't give a fuck about anything but their current cash flow. And the fact that ultra-big players can ask them for customized OS distribution that has this turned off (just like my own mega corporation) doesn't change anything on statements above.