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Microsoft says it cannot wall off its OS due to a 2009 deal with the EC to give security software makers the same level of access to Windows that Microsoft gets (Wall Street Journal) (www.techmeme.com)

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Wall Street Journal: Microsoft says it cannot wall off its OS due to a 2009 deal with the EC to give security software makers the same level of access to Windows that Microsoft gets — Global outage on Windows machines caused by CrowdStrike highlights Microsoft's security challenges

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[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Just use Linux, we don't have these problems 😉

I only use Windows to play games, everything else runs Linux.

[–] ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Crowdstrike runs on Linux too, fyi. It’s broken it before, just not on this scale.

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Yes, I'm aware, I interviewed for a job as a Linux Engineer there 😉