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Stopped reading when the causes listed didn't mention the EU regulation that prevented Microsoft from delivering its api that would have meant that cloud strike

by pipes 2y ago

Stopped reading when the causes listed didn't mention the EU regulation that prevented Microsoft from delivering its api that would have meant that cloud strikes software wouldn't have been running in kernel mode.

nixnixers 2y ago
I had to read through your whole comment to realize it didn't confirm something I already know, what a waste.
justinclift 2y ago
Maybe because MS wants to deflect blame, and the EU is one of the things it's trying to deflect to?
- gruez 2y ago
  ...and? "Deflecting blame" isn't a valid argument by itself. You have have to argue why the deflecting isn't justified. Otherwise there's nothing wrong with "deflecting blame" in and of itself. So far as I can tell based on the source in a sibling comment[1], the deflecting blame seems plausibly justified. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41088117 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41088117
transpute 2y ago
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/26/24206719/microsoft-windows-changes-crowdstrike-kernel-driver https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/26/24206719/microsoft-window... > the software giant is calling for changes to Windows and has dropped some subtle hints that it’s prioritizing making Windows more resilient and is willing to prevent security vendors like CrowdStrike from accessing the Windows kernel.. calls out a new VBS enclaves feature “that does not require kernel mode drivers to be tamper resistant” and Microsoft’s Azure Attestation service as examples of recent security innovations.
meiraleal 2y ago
If that's the case the EU should demand MS to leave the US. There's no shortage of bloatware there, they will be fine if Microsoft decides they don't have enough resources to work there
belter 2y ago
Microsoft natural insecurity culture, being blamed on the EU, is one of the weirdest gas lighting takes I have ever seen...
- pipes 2y ago
  In what way is it gas lighting? Are you disputing the fact that Microsoft was blocked by EU regulators from killing off kernel mode access for third party software?

by pipes 2y ago

nixnixers 2y ago

I had to read through your whole comment to realize it didn't confirm something I already know, what a waste.

justinclift 2y ago

Maybe because MS wants to deflect blame, and the EU is one of the things it's trying to deflect to?

gruez 2y ago
...and? "Deflecting blame" isn't a valid argument by itself. You have have to argue why the deflecting isn't justified. Otherwise there's nothing wrong with "deflecting blame" in and of itself. So far as I can tell based on the source in a sibling comment[1], the deflecting blame seems plausibly justified. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41088117 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41088117

transpute 2y ago

https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/26/24206719/microsoft-windows-changes-crowdstrike-kernel-driver https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/26/24206719/microsoft-window... > the software giant is calling for changes to Windows and has dropped some subtle hints that it’s prioritizing making Windows more resilient and is willing to prevent security vendors like CrowdStrike from accessing the Windows kernel.. calls out a new VBS enclaves feature “that does not require kernel mode drivers to be tamper resistant” and Microsoft’s Azure Attestation service as examples of recent security innovations.

meiraleal 2y ago

If that's the case the EU should demand MS to leave the US. There's no shortage of bloatware there, they will be fine if Microsoft decides they don't have enough resources to work there

belter 2y ago

Microsoft natural insecurity culture, being blamed on the EU, is one of the weirdest gas lighting takes I have ever seen...

pipes 2y ago
In what way is it gas lighting? Are you disputing the fact that Microsoft was blocked by EU regulators from killing off kernel mode access for third party software?