They Forgot What Happened Last Time: Hacking the Windows 365 Link [video]

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Windows 365 Link is a thin client running a special edition of Windows 11, exclusively connecting to a Windows 365 Cloud PC, making it otherwise useless e-waste.
Microsoft promotes its vendor lock-in as 'secure-by-design architecture', featuring no admin rights, no local data, locked EFI Secure Boot, and always-enabled BitLocker.
The author recalls that the last time EFI Secure Boot was locked was on Windows RT devices, which they personally broke the bootloader chain of trust on multiple times.
The author accepts the challenge of bypassing these restrictions.

New storage-inspired memory tech could enable GPUs with multiple TB of high-bandwidth flash, combining SSD capacities with HBM-like speeds.
Open source project ShieldFont uses poisoned fonts to fool AI scrapers and protect copy.
For the first time, majority of corporate IT workloads are now off-premises, according to a survey.

High-bandwidth flash memory technology could enable GPUs with multiple TB capacity, combining SSD-like capacities with HBM-like speeds.
ShieldFont, an open source project, poisons fonts to fool AI scrapers and protect text content.
For the first time, the majority of corporate IT workloads are now off-premises, according to a survey.

New storage-inspired memory tech could enable GPUs with multiple TB of capacity, combining SSD-like capacities with HBM-like speeds.
An open source project called ShieldFont poisons fonts to fool AI scrapers and protect copy.
For the first time, the majority of corporate IT workloads are now off-premises, according to a survey.

UK requires datacenters to pay refundable fees for grid connection requests to deter frivolous applications.
New storage-inspired high-bandwidth flash memory could enable GPUs with multiple TB capacity, though not without challenges.
Open source project ShieldFont uses poisoned fonts to protect text from AI scrapers.

Anthropic and OpenAI race to create more rogue AI agents, with negative consequences for users.
UK proposes refundable fee for datacenter grid connection requests to discourage time-wasting applications.
New storage-inspired memory tech promises high-bandwidth flash combining SSD capacities with HBM speeds.

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