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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: xkcd: CrowdStrike
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:27:25 -0700
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On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 07:56:32 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer
<mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:

>On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:01:25 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>
>> 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
>
>Was anybody here affected by the CrowdStrike Thing?
>My nephew's wife flew to Europe that day without incident.

Not here. But then, I don't do that much on the Web. And I use Windows
10's security, which was not affected.

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
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"