'I cannot sign drivers, which means I cannot ship updates for WireGuard for Windows,' the creator of the VPN protocol says. On X, a Microsoft rep says he's working to get accounts unblocked.
“Not every ‘WTF micro$oft’ moment is a slam dunk,” he tweeted. “I’ve emailed VeraCrypt personally and we’ll get him unblocked. I’ve already talked to Jason at WireGuard. Not everything is a conspiracy, sometimes it’s literally paperwork.”
Funny how paperwork never really seems to be a problem for any other OS.
The older I’ve gotten (or the further into late stage capitalism), the less I’m inclined to accept “Never attribute to malice, that which can be adequately explained by incompetence” (- Napoleon, perhaps) and the more I subscribe to “Why not both?”.
Funny how paperwork never really seems to be a problem for any other OS.
It’s not a conspiracy, just plain old incompetence.
The older I’ve gotten (or the further into late stage capitalism), the less I’m inclined to accept “Never attribute to malice, that which can be adequately explained by incompetence” (- Napoleon, perhaps) and the more I subscribe to “Why not both?”.
Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.
Nice.
There’s definitely plenty of evidence for both at MS.
No, it’s incompetence to have the hubris to do this on purpose.
Few journals criticize Apple (and Apple doesn’t reveal these things that often) and the rest have no mandatory certification.