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submitted 1 year ago by jeena@jemmy.jeena.net to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/3376057

I held off on Windows 10 for as long as I could until my job required it. Now this nonsense. I hope this isn't the start of them joining on the web DRM bandwagon.

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They build in backdoors just for criminals anyway.

Source please?

[-] Stegosaurus@sciences.social 8 points 1 year ago

@sugar_in_your_tea

Old anecdotal knowledge from the 1990s.

Became public in these court cases:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stac_Electronics

MS successfully countersued STAC because they were using proprietary DOS calls, ie reserved for MS products only giving them an advantage.

There is no reason to believe MS ever discontinued their use.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So you're saying that they're the criminals in question? Or are you saying that somehow they're selling access to those old MS-DOS APIs?

I'm really not sure how any of this supports the original claim that Microsoft makes APIs specifically for criminal companies. All it says is that they make APIs for themselves. They're a POS company, sure, so there's no reason to stretch the truth.

[-] Stegosaurus@sciences.social 4 points 1 year ago

@sugar_in_your_tea

I never said or meant to imply that.

MS builds backdoors for their own use.
Criminals can use those backdoors.

[-] Stegosaurus@sciences.social 1 points 1 year ago

@sugar_in_your_tea cute.
A backdoor is not an api.
A proprietary call is justified for competitive reasons but creates vulnerabilities.
Why do you think they exist?
Or do just troll?

[-] littlecolt@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

"Trust me bro"

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