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The linked article only seems to cover Google and Android devices. Microsoft also have their take on this.

> "Microsoft Pluton security processor is a chip-to-cloud security technology built with Zero Trust principles at the core. Microsoft Pluton provides hardware-based root of trust, secure identity, secure attestation, and cryptographic services."

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/hardware-...


Related article about that 4 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29859106

It's amazing to see how many "but it won't happen" comments there.


hanta virus reminds me of this scene from the x-files

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vwquoiLAZlE


By changing two settings in Windows, you can fix the worst of it.

Using a local group policy, you can change when "Preview builds and Feature updates" and "Quality Updates" become available in Windows Update.

By delaying those with 30 or 60 days, you will never have preview updates applied to your system, and feature and quality updates will have at least 1 or 2 months' worth of fixes before you get them.

start > run > gpedit.msc > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Manage updates offered from Windows Update >

1) Enable "Select when preview builds and feature updates are received". Set days to 60

2) Enable "Select when quality updates are received". Set days to 30 (max value)


I don't know if you realize it but your post single-handedly demonstrates a lot of the reasons why Windows is bad ...

When people cricitize Linux there's always people responding "it's simple really, just run this super long command and do this and that".. looks like the same thing to me.

That's actually why I started using Linux.

I hated that Linux has all these commands you had to go through, then I installed Windows 11 and tutorials were telling me run all these commands to fix it. I figure I'd just use Linux at that point.


> I hated that Linux has all these commands you had to go through

Was this still your experience though? I am using Fedora on GNOME and I rarely have to use the terminal. I like to use it but if you don't want to, you don't have to. There is a graphical installer, settings panel, software center, file manager, disk utility software, etc.


Similarly, people love to talk up MacOS while paying $30 per tool to fix basic issues.

Every OS is utterly terrible right now. Linux is free at least and the work Valve has put into it has dramatically improved the normal person experience.


the same goes for Brave, ios



you could show a "we don't track" banner


i don't get. yes, if you just prompt it "make me an app" you learn nothing but you probably also end up with an app that is crap as best.

I you instead "promote" yourself to architect or lead dev and you steer the ai as it it a team of junior dev you must manage you can learn a lot. not only will you have deep architecture discussion with ai where you, together, explore various approaches and ways to do things.

an if you do spec driven ai development where you write the specs you will end up with an app that resemble the way you prefer apps to be written.

Just because ai can cook something up in no time doesn't exclude you from being involved.


waiting for the data export to complete and then there will be one more.


There must be a special place reserved for Mark Zuckerberg in hell


As a Windows user who had several MS Surface tablets I fully agree that the form factor would make it a very suitable on-the-go device.


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