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Summary: The security dumpster fire known as Microsoft is rearing its ugly head again and it's time to talk about how the media has helped Microsoft shift the blame

THREE years ago we published a long series about how Microsoft Windows was killing a lot of people in hospitals. We estimated that back then in 2020 Microsoft had killed far more than COVID-19 had killed and nothing has improved since then.

"Microsoft prioritises back doors rather than security."Our News Roundup (or Daily Links) contained a lot of news about a wave of hospitals becoming subjected to Windows breaches. In addition, Microsoft's "clown computing" turned out to be a circus, with crackers going in and out without even being noticed. Microsoft refuses to talk about this (until the US government forces it to, for the government too becomes a casualty), so the video above discusses what happened, alluding also to Bruce Schneier's latest post about it. So even a Microsoft apologist isn't too impressed. There are a lot of layers to this and it reminds us that Microsoft kills, even if not so directly. Microsoft prioritises back doors rather than security.

Do we want our GNU/Linux and BSD booting to rely on such a company? Of course not. We need protection from cybercriminals rather than reliance on criminals like Matthew J Garrett, the Coke Fly who's doing bios. ⬆