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[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 238 points 7 months ago

out of all the censored things, they didn't think to censor a product key before declassifying it. I wish I could say I was surprised.

[-] myrmidex@belgae.social 212 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This seems to suggest that the redactions weren't done by legal professionals.

[-] SchadeMarmelade@feddit.org 102 points 7 months ago

Understatement of the year so far.

[-] BitsAndBites@lemmy.world 144 points 7 months ago

The product key didnt have -TRUMP- in it so it's fine

[-] bobo@lemmy.ml 23 points 7 months ago

I've only seen videos of it, but apparently you can copy paste the redacted parts of the pdfs. They legit left all of the text data on a different layer.

[-] ptu@sopuli.xyz 46 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I wish the people who found that would’ve kept their mouths shut until 100% is released

[-] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 44 points 7 months ago

Unfortunately with an error so egregious, the amount of people who found that near instantly was probably in the thousands

[-] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 36 points 7 months ago

Exactly. I dabble in competitive assessment and the amount of times weve got competitors data because they didnt flatten a file is astounding. The one we try every time with moderate success is checking every picture to see if you can "uncrop" it. So many times the rest of the picture is actually in the file and the crop is just for display purposes. Most of the time the rest of the photo is useless, but ill never forget the time we got the whole process map for their upcoming production schedule

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[-] cyrano@piefed.social 173 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

CWMY2-V4YPB-TJ2DK-XTMBG-V3R32

CWMY2-V4YPB-TJ2DK-XTMBG-V3R32
[-] chraebsli@programming.dev 136 points 7 months ago

you can activate any windows or office by using vlmcsd (https://github.com/Wind4/vlmcsd). you can selfhost it, choose any windows version like 11 pro or enterprise or office product like office 24 enterprise. activate it using your kms server and you can enter the matching licence key every so often to activate it. doesn't cost a cent except hosting on 512mb/1cpu. i think there are public kms servers with vlmcsd too. obviously JUST FOR TESTING PURPOSES ;)

[-] tordenflesk@lemmy.world 41 points 7 months ago

Simpler to just use massgrave, no?

[-] chraebsli@programming.dev 15 points 7 months ago

didnt know about massgrave until now. looks promising too.

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[-] notthebees@reddthat.com 30 points 7 months ago

Ah yes key management server server

[-] chraebsli@programming.dev 29 points 7 months ago

haha yes sorry! my wireless wlan had some issues with my personal pc when i was etablishing a secure ssh connection. could also be an error with my dns system or with the http protocol.

[-] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

Surely you mean a secure SSH shell...

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[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 28 points 7 months ago

kms server? massgrave? is this a dark joke i am not in on

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 30 points 7 months ago

Kms is key management services.

Why massgrave is called that, I have no idea.

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[-] mech@feddit.org 27 points 7 months ago

That's the part that mystifies me. On the one hand, in an enterprise setting, it can be frustratingly difficult to license and activate your MS products, to the point where you cry out "Why do you make it so hard to give you our money?"
And on the other hand, you can easily bypass the whole thing and get all their stuff for free.
And it's been that way for decades, so it doesn't seem to be a mistake on their part.

[-] funkajunk@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

In an enterprise setting you'd use something like Active Directory-Based Activation.

You store your KMS key in Active Directory, then any machine that contacts the domain controller will be activated.

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[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)
[-] sawdustprophet@midwest.social 14 points 7 months ago

Does https://massgrave.dev/ not work anymore?

As of about two weeks ago, it still works.

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[-] binomialchicken 73 points 7 months ago
[-] unnamed1@feddit.org 19 points 7 months ago

lol this is the old lan party piracy key I still know by heart. It's like a password all my nerd-friends know :D

[-] SeventySeven@sh.itjust.works 19 points 7 months ago

"FCKGW" was all I needed to read lol

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[-] tonytins@pawb.social 65 points 7 months ago

That product key is forever in the public domain now.

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 59 points 7 months ago

i mean ofc he's bffs with Bill Gates

[-] TeddE@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

In 2019, Gates characterized his relationship with Epstein as a 'huge mistake'. Make of that what you will.

But this post doesn't really address that. It suggests Epstein bought Windows XP once, which … is fine … I guess? (Doesn't let him off the hook for the criminal empire he ran though)

[-] SnotFlickerman 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

In 2019, Gates characterized his relationship with Epstein as a ‘huge mistake’.

Probably because it was the final straw for his wife Melinda, and Gates wasn't happy how much she would take in the divorce. Considering he was a serial philanderer and often used his position at Microsoft as a way to meet women (including Melinda!), it's not like he respected that marriage or his wife very much, so it can't be that he's sad about losing her or something, so my bet is on sad he was going to lose a lot of wealth over his Epstein connections.

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[-] BiggestPiggest@lemmy.world 56 points 7 months ago

He might rape children but at least he doesn’t pirate software.

[-] invictvs@lemmy.world 62 points 7 months ago

I'm happy to say I have nothing in common with him

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago

I pirate software, but at least I don't rape children.

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[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Gotta draw a line somewhere.

Would you download a 13 year old?

I'm not a monster!

Downloading is illegal. I have morals.

[-] Event_Horizon@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

I only steal children, not software.

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[-] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 34 points 7 months ago

I saw someone mention that if you find an old installer for windows 10, you can upgrade to that and continue on to upgrade to w11 still and keep the activation.

ymmv

[-] dumnezero@piefed.social 64 points 7 months ago

Yeah, but why? Windows is horrible.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 29 points 7 months ago

Even worse. You'd get from Windows 7 to Windows 11.

Why, indeed?

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[-] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago

Or you could update to a modern Linux build, most of which are just as easy as windows and 90+%of apps can run through wine so you don’t miss out on anything

Yea I use Arch BTW bitch! (Just kidding about the bitch part, it sounded funny in my head, I’m sure you are a wonderful human being and I hope you have a marvelous day)

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[-] nieceandtows@programming.dev 32 points 7 months ago
[-] Hupf@feddit.org 28 points 7 months ago

Here's my product key

So activate me maybe

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 28 points 7 months ago

Another Gates connection 🤔

[-] JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone 15 points 7 months ago

Would that be Gates-Gate?

[-] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 7 months ago

Thank you hackers with thigh-highs

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 14 points 7 months ago

Thanks, I guess?

[-] olenkoVD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 7 months ago

The video was uploaded to YouTube by Enderman and got taken down approximately two hours after that.

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