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Q. Is this really as harmful as you think?

A. Go to your parents house, your grandparents house etc and look at their Windows PC, look at the installed software in the past year, and try to use the device. Run some antivirus scans. There’s no way this implementation doesn’t end in tears — there’s a reason there’s a trillion dollar security industry, and that most problems revolve around malware and endpoints.

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[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 132 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (15 children)

Are Microsoft a big, evil company?

A. No, that’s insanely reductive. They’re super smart people, and sometimes super smart people make mistakes. What matters is what they do with knowledge of mistakes.

I have no doubt there are smart employees, but they don't call the shots. Case in point.

The dude set up a strawman argument, then didn't even bother to burn it down properly.

[–] Grangle1@lemm.ee 42 points 5 months ago (12 children)

Being super smart and super evil are NOT mutually exclusive. Intelligence =|= morality.

[–] VerticaGG@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 5 months ago

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/zone-of-interest-oscars-banal-dreams-nazi-settler-colonialism

On what morality is: This was a quick read about what enables dehumanization and mass atrocity, as relevant to both history and ongoing fascistic settler colonial imperialism.

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