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Re: ALBO announces deal with microsoft.
Reply #15 - Oct 24^th, 2023 at 4:11pm

Bobby. wrote on Oct 24^th, 2023 at 3:19pm:

So - does anyone trust Microsoft?

One of the projects I worked on was originally Microsoft NT based. Many of the people on the project (JORN) were Americans working for Lockheed Martin. They believed that Microsoft NT had a "backdoor" in it that allowed the US Government Agencies to access machines and also unlock machines that had been seized. Whether that is true or not I don't know. What is true is that our project moved over to Red Hat Linux, they customised it under licence to run the networks, both tactical (standalone and very closely administered) and restricted ( internet facing but again highly monitored. Most places I have worked over my recent years have had Windows based machines for the Internet side, but the servers and network gear are all Linux based

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Reply #16 - Oct 24^th, 2023 at 4:18pm

Vic wrote on Oct 24^th, 2023 at 4:11pm:

Bobby. wrote on Oct 24^th, 2023 at 3:19pm:

So - does anyone trust Microsoft?

One of the projects I worked on was originally Microsoft NT based. Many of the people on the project (JORN) were Americans working for Lockheed Martin. They believed that Microsoft NT had a "backdoor" in it that allowed the US Government Agencies to access machines and also unlock machines that had been seized. Whether that is true or not I don't know. What is true is that our project moved over to Red Hat Linux, they customised it under licence to run the networks, both tactical (standalone and very closely administered) and restricted ( internet facing but again highly monitored. Most places I have worked over my recent years have had Windows based machines for the Internet side, but the servers and network gear are all Linux based

I have known of systems where the software needed was loaded while
connected to the internet to make it work - product registration -
and afterwards all such computers had no connection at all to the internet.
Groups of such computers were connected to a server but
that server was not ever connected to the internet.
The only input of other programs or data was via highly monitored USB sticks
that had long passwords.
Data could not be uploaded to the USB stick from the secure system.

Without that, countries like China could steal IP.

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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 106120 Melbourne Gender:	Re: ALBO announces deal with microsoft. Reply #17 - Oct 24^th, 2023 at 4:24pm Here's a good trick. The Microsoft operating system is like a sieve - full of security holes. Go to: http://www.grc.com click shields up, then shields up again, then check common ports. See if they are all in stealth mode?
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Grappler Deep State Feller Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 85015 Always was always will be HOME Gender:	Re: ALBO announces deal with microsoft. Reply #18 - Oct 24^th, 2023 at 8:47pm Australian Leaners Bipartisan Organisation? You mean Parliament.....
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Reply #19 - Oct 25^th, 2023 at 12:25pm

It's not fair.
People pay Microsoft for an operating system not a system to spy on themselves.

An IT professional at work once said to me that every generation of Windows
did more to spy on its users.
Win7 wasn't too bad and then Win10 spied even more and
then Win11 took it to a whole new level.

You'd think that spying on people would be illegal -
in the same way that you're not allowed to bug someone's phone -
that is a serious criminal offence.
How does Microsoft get away with it?
Are they just too big and powerful to take to court?

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 47782 Gender:	Re: ALBO announces deal with microsoft. Reply #20 - Oct 26^th, 2023 at 5:56am I have only used Apple computers (and phones) since 1985.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 106120 Melbourne Gender:	Re: ALBO announces deal with microsoft. Reply #21 - Oct 26^th, 2023 at 7:04am Jovial Monk wrote on Oct 26^th, 2023 at 5:56am: I have only used Apple computers (and phones) since 1985. Apple was made for girls.
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Reply #22 - Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 2:15pm

Meta new AI tool names Turnbull, Albanese among our ‘best’ PMs

Meta has acknowledged problems in its AI tool, saying “this is new technology and it may not always return the response we intend”.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/meta-new-ai-tool-names-turn...

It's like Google's black female pope, black Wehrmach soldiers or black Vikings.

These Big Tech companies are staffed by woke nerds, from top to bottom.

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greggerypeccary Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 138634 Gender:	Re: ALBO announces deal with microsoft. Reply #23 - Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 2:33pm Bobby. wrote on Oct 24^th, 2023 at 3:19pm: So - does anyone trust Microsoft? I haven't used any Microsoft products for about 15 years now. Can't see me ever using them again either. I use Chrome Operating System and I'm happy as Larry.
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