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[–] 36 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Windows is very cheap if you don't pay for it, and all the backdoors are a feature for the powers that be.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Surely China can't be fine with the US poking around their government computers? Or are they?

    I don't understand how another country can use another hostile country's closed operating system for sensitive material.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I would guess that Microsoft has to comply to Chinese privacy and data laws, AND that China's firewall also might block a lot of the telemetry.

    I agree nonetheless. They should be using Linux a long time ago.

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