good news for those being locked out of their data by one of the faulty windows 11 upgrades!
this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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Why do they call it "drive encryption" when it does not need a user-provided password or other key?
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Picture got me confused. Do you use a usb stick or a hammer?
Both?
Well, Microsoft "Security" hard at work.
I would bet it coincides with them implementing "AI" or shortly after. They're going to say they didn't know, it's not their fault because Slopbot9000 did it.
the billionaires don't care about your "security"
Easy to fix with some more vibe coding, I'm sure
Why people are saying that the files being deleted indicate a backdoor? This is clearly to be executed while having access to the laptop. So it's not like I'm tricking someone into connecting the USB drive and after the PC is infected I want to get rid of the evidence. If some FBI agent is using a USB drive to unlock a laptop at work, what's the point of making the drive single use?
This could also be part of the PoC created by the researcher, not part of the backdoor.
They said in the article they recreated it on their own. So it couldn't just be the proof of concept.
If some FBI agent is using a USB drive to unlock a laptop at work, what’s the point of making the drive single use?
Under cover/covert operations do actually happen.
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microslop. Im saying since 30 years, microslop is da shit. A big pile...