Microsoft: Give Us Root Level Access to Your GNU/Linux Systems (for Proprietary Packages to be Planted and Remotely Altered by Microsoft)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2020-11-01 04:20:01 UTC
- Modified: 2020-11-01 04:20:01 UTC
Welcome to 'Windows Update' (universal back door) for GNU/Linux
Summary: The proposition of "Edge" (Chromium made malicious by Microsoft rather than by Google) overlooks all the hidden dangers/dangerous aspects associated with installing it (even on systems that Microsoft compared to "cancer" and worse)
“Linux infestations are being uncovered in many of our large accounts as part of the escalation engagements.”
--Microsoft Confidential
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