Re: “End Of 10” Project

On Tue, 6/24/2025 5:03 PM, rbowman wrote:

 
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/microsoft-extends-free-windows-10-
security-updates-into-2026-with-strings-attached/
 
Microsoft blinks again...
 

I don't think "blink" is quite the right word.

I'm going to need H&R Block to decode this "deal" for me.

And enabling a "Backup" software to make copies of
my personal files in their Cloud, that's a non-starter
right there. That's one of the reasons One-Drive is
uninstalled on this OS.

   [Picture]

    https://i.postimg.cc/KzQw2d2S/Chances-Of-Backup-Working.gif

That's like some sort of hostage-taking scenario.

If miscreants can walk away with 16 billion passwords,
what chance does my collection of cat photos stand
in the Cloud.

*******

Without doing anything, you get signature definitions for a while.

   https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/defenderupdates

Security updates would be patches. And that's what this deal
would be about. Presumably a CVE == 10 will pop up a
week after the October termination date :-)

   Paul