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Upcoming Windows 11 builds cannot install without internet and Microsoft Account

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268 points tech234a | 1 comments | 29 Mar 25 04:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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miles ◴[29 Mar 25 05:18 UTC] No.43512964[source]▶
> "We're removing the bypassnro.cmd script from the build to enhance security and user experience of Windows 11."

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1. avgd ◴[29 Mar 25 06:59 UTC] No.43513402[source]▶
It's quite ironic they call it enhance security to tie their software to their cloud considering their cloud infrastructure is one of the most hacked of the big corpos. Data breaches happen all the damn time.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/04/hackers-could-read-n...

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/01/in-major-gaffe-hack...

Something that doesn't happen much, if at all, with Google or Amazon.

Microsoft is one of the most incompetent and impotent corpo out there and considering how much critical infrastructure relies on their software it would do good for the world if the government intervened like they should have back in the antitrust lawsuit days. Break them up. Separate the cloud, windows and office businesses. Make them stand on their own merits.