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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:
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:01:25 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> xkcd: CrowdStrike
>>>>> https://www.xkcd.com/2961/
>>>>> 
>>>>> Make the best of bad times.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2961:_CrowdStrike
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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.
>> 
>> “Microsoft wants to make future CrowdStrike outages impossible, and 
>> it>could mean big changes for security software:
>> 
>> https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-wants-to-make-future-crowdstrike-outages-impossible-and-it-could-mean-big-changes-for-security-software 
>> 
>> 
>> “Microsoft appears to want to shift away from security software 
>> having>kernel access on Windows 11, though the company hasn’t said that 
>> outright.”
>> 
>> Sounds like a good idea. And fix all of the other kernel holes 
>> while>they are at it.
> 
> But will the EU allow it?
> 
> 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.
> 
> [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 
effect (e.g. the ones forcing Apple to allow other app stores, 
payments, etc.). The problem is that many other places are also looking 
at similar ridiculous laws, including the UK, USA, etc.

Most of these laws have nothing to do with the users / consumers, but 
are greed-based to try to rinse more money out of big tech companies 
for local governments, who then waste it on stupidities. The companies 
already pay what they legally have to, and the loopholes they utilise 
are the exact same ones most of those managers and policy makers 
themselves use to squirrel away their obscene salaries from the tax 
department.  :-\