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[–] Vitaly@feddit.uk 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

1 gorilla Vs 500 men type situation

[–] mr_right@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

the ingenious thing is that they are still making buck both ways

the house always wins, remember that Microsoft owns github

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

I highly doubt they can't stop it and slightly suspect they don't want to. You can install any version of Windows (even enterprise), use MASgrave, wipe the whole thing, reinstall it, and it'll pass online activation as genuine. There's just no way that's an accident.

[–] DoctorPress@lemmy.zip -2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah its totally safe to run random executables you found online.

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