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Angry Tech News #42: Acronym Epicenter

The march of time for Windows, more reasons to worry about your passwords, and a whole lot of shaking… of your phones!

Links

Fastcompany breach caused by reused password
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-the-pizza123-password-could-take-down-an-organization/
Google is officially dropping support for Win7/8.1
https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/25/chrome_support_windows_7/
Win11 can run Android apps
https://www.androidpolice.com/microsoft-windows-subsystem-for-android-stable-release/
Thermal imaging attack on passwords
https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_885914_en.html
Roller coasters “crash” iphone 14
https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/09/roller-iphone-14-crash-detection-workaround/
Android earthquake warning
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-phones-earthquake-detection-warning-usa-3224704/

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Angry Tech News #12: Journalism Monopolist

Windows 11 adoption numbers: real and imaginary, Windows All vulnerabilities, Amazon and Visa spat all over UK citizens, and Quad9 is forced into censorship

Links:

Windows 11 adoption numbers
https://www.techradar.com/news/barely-anyone-has-upgraded-to-windows-11-survey-claims
https://www.onmsft.com/news/windows-11-inches-closer-to-10-market-share-in-latest-adduplex-survey
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-home-and-pro

Zero-day in Windows installer
https://www.pcmag.com/news/all-versions-of-windows-are-vulnerable-to-a-new-zero-day-exploit
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2021/11/29/microsoft-windows-10-windows-11-warning-zero-day-hack-new-attack-update-windows/
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/satya-nadella-sells-half-microsoft-224436215.html

Amazon vs Visa
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59306200
https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/17/amazon-says-it-will-stop-accepting-uk-issued-visa-credit-cards-on-january-19th/

Quad9 and DNS censorship
https://torrentfreak.com/sony-wins-pirate-site-blocking-order-against-dns-resolver-quad9-210621/
https://www.quad9.net/news/press/german-court-rules-against/