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Microsoft left internal passwords exposed in latest security blunder (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago by kid@sh.itjust.works to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] astraeus@programming.dev 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oof, and there’s people out there that are committed to Microsoft products because of security concerns.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

I never understood that. There are a lot of reasons to use Microsoft products, but security isn't one of them imo. They're far from the worst, but they're also far from the best.