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Upcoming Windows 11 builds cannot install without internet and Microsoft Account

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268 points tech234a | 2 comments | 29 Mar 25 04:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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soraminazuki ◴[29 Mar 25 05:47 UTC] No.43513090[source]▶
It's such an absurd lie. If Microsoft's idea of security is to force its users to authenticate online for a local account, they should never be allowed in the software industry at all. They're needlessly and dramatically increasing the attack surface of one of the most security critical software running on user devices.
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CrossVR ◴[29 Mar 25 06:46 UTC] No.43513349[source]▶
And for what? Make number go up? If it's just another data collection scheme the at least I could understand why.
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bboygravity ◴[29 Mar 25 06:51 UTC] No.43513373[source]▶
Because the NSA pays them to.

Why did they do to Skype what they did (first turn it from p2p to centralized and spyable and then just ignore it and let it die)?

Same reason.

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ashoeafoot ◴[29 Mar 25 07:25 UTC] No.43513535{3}[source]▶
i wonder if some Estonian could justvrerelease the p2p originals . After all as america deteriorates its own influence , at some point the lawyers of the big 4 will be seen as barely disguised tendril of a hostile power in Europe . Who cares about your sales contracts if the president goes for Greenland . We might see a SkyEarthFireWater-Open source re-release one day. Just another tradewar anecdote .
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1. bboygravity ◴[29 Mar 25 08:14 UTC] No.43513729{4}[source]▶
America deteriorates its own influence? wut?

The big 4 will be seen as a hostile power within Europe? The big 4 ARE (mostly) European. What are you talking about?

Sales contracts? What do you mean in what context?

I agree that it would be cool if the original p2p Skype somehow resurfaces, but I can't make any sense of the rest of your post or what it has to do with the subject at hand?

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2. ashoeafoot ◴[29 Mar 25 12:58 UTC] No.43515180[source]▶
FANG is definitely not European .