Nothing to See Here, People, Please Move Along. The “System is Down...”
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2020-05-11 12:38:14 UTC
- Modified: 2020-05-11 12:38:14 UTC
Just hold your breath while we reboot and pay ransom
Summary: Recovery from Windows failures and from Microsoft software being remotely hijacked (using the NSA's own tools) can be expensive if not impossible; it's not a pretty sight and rarely are the real culprits named
Recent Techrights' Posts
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- Slop is a security threat; even the person committing slop to Linux might not be aware that there's a back/bug door in the code
- Edward Snowden Lost His Voice, Then His Leaks Lost Exposure (Access Denied)
- When states want to deny people access to some information they have many tools at hand
- Things Will Only Get Better (as We Go Backwards)
- It only gets better. If you go back in time.
- UK High Court Shows SRA is Totally Useless in Curbing SLAPPs, This Has Impact on Our Reporting on the SRA Next Week
- We'll carry on our coverage and soon finish the current series that so we can get on with more time-sensitive ones
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- SLAPP Censorship - Part 194 Out of 200: The Court Needs to Also Look Into Microsoft-Controlled Restricted Boot Advanced by An American (Garrett) to Promote Monopoly and Back Doors Everywhere
- Kill switch sold as 'security' is like euthanasia sold as a cure
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- 2 Hours Ago The Register MS Published a Page That Says "AI" 42 Times Because It Was Paid to Do So
- Still inflating the bubble for money
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- Links for the day
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- Links for the day
- SLAPP Censorship - Part 193 Out of 200: Breaks GNU and Linux, Tries to Silence Critics, Loses All Money, Looks for Microsoft Allies and Sponsors
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- Over at Tux Machines...
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- IRC logs for Monday, September 21, 2026
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- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 21/09/2026: Equinox and Beginner's Guide to Gemini
- Links for the day
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- Links for the day
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- Next year we plan to bring this matter to the Court of Appeal
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- They talk to and coordinate with one another
- Over at Tux Machines...
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- Links for the day
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- Links for the day
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- Links for the day
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- Links for the day
- Clownflare Data From Canada
- We've like to think many people are attempting to install GNU/Linux over the weekend
- SLAPP Censorship - Part 190 Out of 200: Plagiarism, Back Doors, and Sabotage of Linux
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- Based on Clownflare
- Over at Tux Machines...
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