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Posting mostly about the enshittification of tech & gaming industries, breaches of privacy laws and the looming age of dystopia.

Microsoft confirms it will give the FBI your Windows PC data encryption key if asked — you can thank Windows 11's forced online accounts for that

Windows 11's online Microsoft Account requirement means your PC is automatically backing up its data encryption key to the cloud, and Microsoft says it will hand those over to the FBI if asked.

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-bitlocker-encryption-keys-give-fbi-legal-order-privacy-nightmare

#Microsoft #Windows11 #privacy #surveillance #enshittification #encryption #technology #software #dystopia

In 2020 scientists renamed 27 human genes because Microsoft Excel kept auto-converting their names into dates, causing widespread errors in published genetic research

Gene symbols like SEPT1 and MARCH1 were automatically turned into dates (e.g., “Sep-01,” “Mar-01”) when opened in Excel. These mistakes showed up in supplementary data and even peer-reviewed papers.

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pzxhqx/til_scientists_renamed_27_human_genes_in_2020/

#Microsoft #Excel #science #software #technology #genetics