Microsoft doesn’t have “a” security team. They have dozens of security-ish teams. And I can assure you that none of them made that decision. The product teams d

Microsoft doesn’t have “a” security team. They have dozens of security-ish teams. And I can assure you that none of them made that decision. The product teams did. And security people there disagree with it. You likely think security teams at BigCorp have more teeth than they do. With a few exceptions, Microsoft is known for hiring well qualified security people and then giving them no authority to do much until something is already on fire. Search for a tweet by Kostya expressing surprise and delight at the fact that they actually fixed an internal find a couple years ago. Or grab a beer with the nearest ex-microsoft security person and have them tell you stories about servicing internally discovered vulns. You’re right that the security team aren’t cutting corners. Because that isn’t how things work.