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I really don't think "the average american" has a good awareness of events, let alone government regulations, outside the country's borders. Presumably Apple h

by hilux 2y ago

I really don't think "the average american" has a good awareness of events, let alone government regulations, outside the country's borders. Presumably Apple has some internal calculation of how much $$$$ they would lose by globally standardizing the "European iPhone." But we're unlikely to see that number. Incidentally, the CrowdStrike snafu had its roots in European regulations.

supermatt 2y ago
How were european regulations to blame for the crowdstrike incident?
- detaro 2y ago
  Microsoft sells security software that is using kernel modules. Some years ago in a anti-trust thing they agreed to let other security software vendors use kernel modules too so their own product wouldn't have an unfair advantage. They now claim that if that hadn't happened they would have banned their competitors from using kernel modules and thus crowdstrike couldn't have fucked up kernel code. What they don't mention is that they could have made it possible to implement such software without kernel modules, like other platforms do, and banned everyone (including their own product) from kernel space, leading to both "no security software in kernel" (not even Microsofts) and "Microsofts security products do not get a special unfair exception", but of course there is a crowd loving that argument as broken as it is.
  - supermatt 2y ago
    Wow - that was over 20 years ago - and microsoft are blaming that (and by extension their own security model!) instead of crowdstrikes internal process? Thats insane. Its like microsoft are asking to be held accountable for it!
1vuio0pswjnm7 2y ago
"Incidentally, the CrowdStrike snafu had its roots in European regulations." That is some truly twisted logic. Let's blame Microsoft-specific disasters on antitrust regulation. It is not even worthy of being called logic. It is lowbrow spin. Why not ditch Windows and keep the antitrust regulations. Oops, we can't because meaningful competition does not exist.
- hilux 2y ago
  Do you understand the semantic difference between "had its roots" and "is entirely due to"?

by hilux 2y ago

supermatt 2y ago

How were european regulations to blame for the crowdstrike incident?

detaro 2y ago
Microsoft sells security software that is using kernel modules. Some years ago in a anti-trust thing they agreed to let other security software vendors use kernel modules too so their own product wouldn't have an unfair advantage. They now claim that if that hadn't happened they would have banned their competitors from using kernel modules and thus crowdstrike couldn't have fucked up kernel code. What they don't mention is that they could have made it possible to implement such software without kernel modules, like other platforms do, and banned everyone (including their own product) from kernel space, leading to both "no security software in kernel" (not even Microsofts) and "Microsofts security products do not get a special unfair exception", but of course there is a crowd loving that argument as broken as it is.
- supermatt 2y ago
  Wow - that was over 20 years ago - and microsoft are blaming that (and by extension their own security model!) instead of crowdstrikes internal process? Thats insane. Its like microsoft are asking to be held accountable for it!

1vuio0pswjnm7 2y ago

"Incidentally, the CrowdStrike snafu had its roots in European regulations." That is some truly twisted logic. Let's blame Microsoft-specific disasters on antitrust regulation. It is not even worthy of being called logic. It is lowbrow spin. Why not ditch Windows and keep the antitrust regulations. Oops, we can't because meaningful competition does not exist.

hilux 2y ago
Do you understand the semantic difference between "had its roots" and "is entirely due to"?