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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: xkcd: CrowdStrike
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 08:28:27 -0700
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On Sun, 28 Jul 2024 11:26:36 +0200, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

>
>
>On Sun, 28 Jul 2024, Your Name wrote:
>
>> On 2024-07-27 15:36:31 +0000, Paul S Person said:
>>> On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 19:30:54 -0500, Lynn McGuire
>>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 7/23/2024 11:27 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 07:56:32 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer
>>>>> <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:
>>>>>=20
>>>>>> On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:01:25 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>> xkcd: CrowdStrike
>>>>>>> https://www.xkcd.com/2961/
>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>> Make the best of bad times.
>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2961:_CrowdStrike
>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>> Lynn
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Was anybody here affected by the CrowdStrike Thing?
>>>>>> My nephew's wife flew to Europe that day without incident.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Not here. But then, I don't do that much on the Web. And I use =
Windows
>>>>> 10's security, which was not affected.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> I saw an article where Microsoft was blaming the EU for forcing =
them
>>>>> to allow 3rd-party access to the Kernal, which they claim is what
>>>>> enabled the update to do bad things. If that is true, they may have=
 a
>>>>> point.
>>>>=20
>>>> =93Microsoft wants to make future CrowdStrike outages impossible, =
and=20
>>>> it>could mean big changes for security software:
>>>>=20
>>>> =
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-wants-t=
o-make-future-crowdstrike-outages-impossible-and-it-could-mean-big-change=
s-for-security-software=20
>>>>=20
>>>> =93Microsoft appears to want to shift away from security software=20
>>>> having>kernel access on Windows 11, though the company hasn=92t said=
 that=20
>>>> outright.=94
>>>>=20
>>>> Sounds like a good idea. And fix all of the other kernel holes =
while>they=20
>>>> are at it.
>>>=20
>>> But will the EU allow it?
>>>=20
>>> I suppose they could do two versions, one for the EU and the other =
for
>>> sane [1] areas.
>>> The EU could enjoy a Windows subject to assault by poorly-programmed
>>> alternatives to Windows utilities/subsystems. The Rest of Us could
>>> keep on using our computers. Well, except when Microsoft blunders, of
>>> course.
>>>=20
>>> [1] For a meaning of "sane" restricted to "believes restricting =
access
>>> to the kernal is a good idea".
>>
>> The same with many of the other ridiculous new EU tech laws coming =
into=20
>> effect (e.g. the ones forcing Apple to allow other app stores, =
payments,=20
>> etc.). The problem is that many other places are also looking at =
similar=20
>> ridiculous laws, including the UK, USA, etc.
>>
>> Most of these laws have nothing to do with the users / consumers, but =
are=20
>> greed-based to try to rinse more money out of big tech companies for =
local=20
>> governments, who then waste it on stupidities. The companies already =
pay what=20
>> they legally have to, and the loopholes they utilise are the exact =
same ones=20
>> most of those managers and policy makers themselves use to squirrel =
away=20
>> their obscene salaries from the tax department.  :-\
>
>And another perspective is that some of these laws are being driven by =
big=20
>tech to stop new tech from forming due to too high costs for compliance.

Ah. The old "auto manufacturers suppress alternatives to avoid
competition" story, updated for modern times.

Not saying it isn't true, just that it isn't new.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"