ZDNet: Windows 10 S, the safest Windows yet, can be hacked

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Microsoft says ‘no known ransomware’ runs on Windows 10 S — so we tried to hack it By Zack Whittaker | June 24, 2017 We enlisted a leading security r
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Elly, woody

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“When I use a word,” [Microsoft] said in rather a scornful tone, “it means what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.” (With apologies to Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll.)

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Noel Carboni, Cybertooth

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HA! You hit the nail on the head… or should I say you hit the flamingo on the hedgehog?

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David F, Elly, Noel Carboni, DeWayne12, Alice

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Stupid move by MS, the only valid assumption is any OS can be hacked. There are varying degrees of difficulty and thus skill required to successfully hack a specific OS or version. If nothing else, the weakest link in the OS security is the wetware using it. The OS or wetware does not matter.

Is 10 S more secure than 10, probably so from what I have read. But claim no ransomware can run on it is throwing down a gauntlet by MS to the hackers.

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This is what tyrants the world over have always proclaimed:

“We are doing this in the name of public safety!”

Then the jackboots come crushing down on all opposition.

-- rc primak

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Fred, Cybertooth

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So whats the point of Win 10 S then?
Aint much you can do with it except upgrade to Pro for a contribution to M$’s coffers the last, apparent, advantage just floated out the Window.

Is it going to be the Xmas gift that you give some one on an “irreperable Surface Laptop” just to upset them in the same vein as those horrendous Xmas sweaters that tend to come your way at that time of year lol

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Aww come on now, the sweater can to some people’s dismay be repaired and actually helps to keep you warm.

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My ASUS tablet (a Transformer Book) is equally irreparable. But it costs one-third as much as a Surface, so I can afford to replace it if necessary. This year’s updated model looks really nice, too, and is the same price as mine was originally. And ASUS did replace the motherboard when the power button failed after only a couple of months. (I did have to pay to ship the failed tablet to them, but they shipped it back for free, working properly.)

-- rc primak

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Everybody moves to Mac and Chrome: no more bugs, no more hacking, no more virus, no more spying, no more privacy issues, no need to spend money on security, NSA will be out of business; what a wonderful world.

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I have moved to Xubuntu Linux.

Group "L" (Linux Mint)
with Windows 10 running in a remote session on my file server

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Mac and Chrome “no more spying”? Not so, my friend, not so.

-- rc primak

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Google and Apples stores are walled gardens too and Malware is being discovered all the time hidden in apps that were approved by their “rigorous vetting” process.

If they have been affected you know that Microsoft has been.

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Actually, the Windows Store has so far been remarkably free of rogue apps with malware payloads. Maybe that’s because nobody wants to develop even malware for that sorry excuse for an app store.

-- rc primak

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Mac and Chrome are the easy alternatives to Windows, but to get more independence, Linux is the least invasive of the major OSes I’ve seen. And the least restrictive. But it’s also the most work to learn and to use.

Any OS can run malicious code, and file-less malware makes this even more the case. No need for an app when the entire infection can take place without downloading any files at all.

By declaring an OS invulnerable, the developers make that OS the most vulnerable. A lot goes on while we sleep, and these (Microsoft) devs are definitely sleeping.

-- rc primak

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“For its part, Microsoft rejected the claims.

“In early June, we stated that Windows 10 S was not vulnerable to any known ransomware, and based on the information we received from ZDNet that statement holds true,” said a spokesperson.”

In other words, typical MS ‘head in the sand’.
“What’s that? We can’t hear you! La la la la!”

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Haha!

My calculator is not vulnerable to ransomware.

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