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MayMeow to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

WireGuard VPN developer can't ship software updates after Microsoft locks account | TechCrunch

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The popular open source VPN maker is the second high-profile developer to say Microsoft locked his account without notifying him and is blocking their ability to send software updates to users.
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    Microshit has apparently done that with a few privacy-related software developers lately. Interesting.

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    If you use Windows, you don’t own your computer, Microsoft does.
    If you want to take back ownership of your computer, Linux is the best option.

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    Microsoft … the perfect incentive to migrate to another operating system.

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    WireGuard, the major software project and VPN that underpins popular security software including Mullvad and others, has found itself locked out of a key part of its Microsoft developer’s account and unable to ship software updates to Windows users.

    Just Windows users. They’re used to disappointment.

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    Seems to become somewhat of a habit of his: https://www.reddit.com/r/WireGuard/comments/17gsm3r/wireguard_is_pulled_off_fdroid_whats_going_on/

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