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Media Blames Free Software When Microsoft Distributes Malware and Gets Cracked

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John key: Shhhhh.... Don't mention remotely-exploitable holes in proprietary softwareSummary: It seems increasingly apparent that the corporate "tech" media isn't just misleading readers/viewers (audiences) by accident; there's a deliberate attempt to shift attention and shift blame, so it is -- in effect and in perpetuity -- a campaign of disinformation (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt), not just misinformation, and we must collectively confront this campaign, just as we tackle wartime propaganda

THE VIDEO above provides further commentary on items we added to the latest batch of Daily Links. It deals with patterns we've long observed and one way to break the cycle of misinformation/FUD is to rebut, respond, tell others how to do the same. If enough of us push back against such misinformation -- sometimes intentional (disinformation) -- perhaps it will stop. As I show in the video above, even SJVN and the Linux Foundation have begun participating in Microsoft's FUD, maybe without even realising it! This is what happens when you get infiltrated by Microsoft (and proxies of Microsoft) or work for ZDNet -- a site that's thankfully collapsing (not much output anymore).



The short story is, Microsoft has had terrible security incidents since the start of 2021 and now Microsoft itself suffers a security breach (yes, again). But the media keeps talking about "dirty pipes" and "snaps" -- even as recently as this week. Why?

But Microsoft loves Linux; No, Microsoft loves MicrosoftTo frame it differently, why are some local privilege escalation bugs (patched before disclosure, at least upstream) considered more severe or more newsworthy than Microsoft back doors or remotely-exploitable zero-day flaws in Microsoft's junkware?

Why?

Coincidence it is not. It's about the agenda and thus the priorities of the media. It's a lingering problem and one that we certainly need to speak about.

Towards the end of the video I show a new example of technical issues in Windows being 'spun' as something about Linux. Because "WSL" something...

If people are losing faith in the media, this is why. That Microsoft isn't being blamed when its own infrastructure gets compromised (Microsoft deflects blame to the victim instead) we have a highly severe media deficit, whose status is wontfix.

Our associate has noted that "misinformation == by accident [whereas] disinformation == spread on purpose" and "those that are spreading FUD are probably knowingly spreading disinformation; those falling for the FUD are probably unknowingly spreading misinformation..."

We need to stop this cycle of lies.

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