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Bitlocker provides encryption, but Microsoft provides your cloud-stored Bitlocker keys to the FBI.

https://www.spiceworks.com/security/microsoft-caves-to-the-fbi-on-bitlocker-key-access/

We can't believe that anyone thinks that this is a good idea. https://www.pcmag.com/news/thats-my-dads-computer-maingear-revives-the-90s-again-with-retro98-pc?test_uuid=04IpBmWGZleS0I0J3epvMrC&test_variant=A

That's My Dad's Computer: Maingear Revives the '90s Again With 'Retro98' PC The fully built desktop contains dummy disk drives, along with that old-school 1990s beige aesthetic that was once common across home PCs.

Microsoft 365 Services affected today. Microsoft still continuing to address the services affected. Microsoft reported: "While we've restored the affected infrastructure to a healthy state, further load balancing is required to mitigate impact...We're directing traffic to alternate infrastructure to achieve recovery." However, many customers still adversely affected.

Happy New Year!

It doesn't stop at cookies. You are being tracked. Browser Fingerprinting explained:

The Quiet Way Advertisers Are Tracking Your Browsing Cookies are on the way out—but not enough is being done about browser fingerprinting. So what is it?

Not good.

38 Million Users’ Data Exposed by Microsoft Power Apps Microsoft’s Power Apps portal service is designed to make the development of web or mobile apps easier. Unfortunately, due to an issue with the default security setting, 38 million users’ data was publicly available when it shouldn’t have been.

No wi-fi for you.

BC Ferries quietly removes 'less reliable Wi-Fi' from several ships | Urbanized In unfortunate news for frequent BC Ferries travellers, ship-based WiFi will no longer be offered on several of their routes.

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A cartoon by Kaamran Hafeez and Al Batt.

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Need an upgrade?

Windows 11 is free, but your CPU might not be officially supported

Windows 11 is free, but your CPU might not be officially supported TPM and CPU changes have led to some confusion.

Microsoft Outlook bug prevents viewing or creating email worldwide

Microsoft Outlook bug prevents viewing or creating email worldwide A Microsoft Outlook update released today for the desktop client introduced bugs that prevent users from creating or viewing mail.