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Microsoft comes under blistering criticism for “grossly irresponsible” security (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Recant@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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The aftermath to the recent Microsoft Azure hack by suspected PRC actors.

What is the solution to this? Make sure cloud services are open source so they can be independently vetted? If government and corporate entities chose to use open source solutions, most are presented "as is" with no warranty.

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[–] fred-kowalski@kbin.sh 31 points 1 year ago

Vendor lock-in. Accessibility to many tools for “non-technical” users. Groupthink. Bundles and anti-interoperability (see vendor lock-in). Fright of open source. Non-technical executives who trust the wrong people. That’s just off the top of my head.