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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://freesoftwareextremist.com/objects/ce71e291-509f-4ca1-ad90-7cf4c990630b">翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 14-Mar-2025 15:54:32 JST</a><a href="https://freesoftwareextremist.com/users/Suiseiseki" title="suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/789-48-20220724040913.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="翠星石" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">翠星石</a><div><a href="https://shortstacksran.ch/objects/9b01ed1b-efcf-492f-923d-942ebf08718c" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/2392" title="superdicq@minidisc.tokyo">SuperDicq</a></li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/104547" title="sneeden@iddqd.social">Edward Sneeden</a></li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/132538" title="rustycrab@clubcyberia.co">Rusty Crab</a></li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/161204" title="sapphire@shortstacksran.ch">sapphire</a></li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/285564" title="kimapr@ublog.kimapr.net">kimapr</a></li></ul></div></section><article><a href="https://shortstacksran.ch/users/sapphire">@sapphire</a> <a href="https://clubcyberia.co/users/RustyCrab">@RustyCrab</a> <a href="https://iddqd.social/users/sneeden">@sneeden</a> <a href="https://minidisc.tokyo/@SuperDicq">@SuperDicq</a> <a href="https://misskey.yandere.love/users/skylar">@skylar</a> <a href="https://ublog.kimapr.net/users/kimapr">@kimapr</a> <a href="https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.en.html#back-doors">https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.en.html#back-doors</a><br><br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230329021222if_/https://www.informationweek.com/government/microsoft-updates-windows-without-user-permission-apologizes">https://web.archive.org/web/20230329021222if_/https://www.informationweek.com/government/microsoft-updates-windows-without-user-permission-apologizes</a> (readable in reader mode).<br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110918174200if_/http://slated.org:80/windows_by_stealth_the_updates_you_dont_want">https://web.archive.org/web/20110918174200if_/http://slated.org:80/windows_by_stealth_the_updates_you_dont_want</a><br><br>Although those articles are about windows XP and Vista, why wouldn't 10 have more backdoors?<br><br><br>windows has 2 update mechanisms - windows update (can be temporarily disabled with workarounds), plus forced updates via the universal backdoor.</article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4729067#notice-9262159">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-03-14T15:54:32+09:00" title="Friday, 14-Mar-2025 15:54:32 JST">about a month ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://freesoftwareextremist.com/objects/ce71e291-509f-4ca1-ad90-7cf4c990630b" rel="external" title="Sent from freesoftwareextremist.com via ActivityPub">freesoftwareextremist.com</a></span></span><a href="https://freesoftwareextremist.com/objects/ce71e291-509f-4ca1-ad90-7cf4c990630b">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: www.gnu.org</div><h5><a href="https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.en.html#back-doors">Microsoft's Software Is Malware - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</a></h5><div> from <span>mailto:webmasters@gnu.org</span></div></header><div></div><footer></footer></article></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: web.archive.org</div><h5><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230329021222if_/https://www.informationweek.com/government/microsoft-updates-windows-without-user-permission-apologizes">Microsoft Updates Windows Without User Permission, Apologizes</a></h5><div> from <span>https://www.informationweek.com/author/j-nicholas-hoover</span></div></header><div>Over the last few weeks, without user approval, Windows Update has updated nine small executable files in both Windows XP and Windows Vista.</div><footer></footer></article></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: web.archive.org</div><h5><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110918174200if_/http://slated.org:80/windows_by_stealth_the_updates_you_dont_want">Windows By Stealth: The Updates You Don't Want | Slated</a></h5><div></div></header><div></div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 14-Mar-2025 15:54:32 JST翠星石
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@sapphire @RustyCrab @sneeden @SuperDicq @skylar @kimapr https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.en.html#back-doors

https://web.archive.org/web/20230329021222if_/https://www.informationweek.com/government/microsoft-updates-windows-without-user-permission-apologizes (readable in reader mode).
https://web.archive.org/web/20110918174200if_/http://slated.org:80/windows_by_stealth_the_updates_you_dont_want

Although those articles are about windows XP and Vista, why wouldn't 10 have more backdoors?

windows has 2 update mechanisms - windows update (can be temporarily disabled with workarounds), plus forced updates via the universal backdoor.
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1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: www.gnu.org
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2. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: web.archive.org
  Microsoft Updates Windows Without User Permission, Apologizes
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  Over the last few weeks, without user approval, Windows Update has updated nine small executable files in both Windows XP and Windows Vista.
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  Windows By Stealth: The Updates You Don't Want | Slated

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