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Snowden and Assange were leaking information *about* the US government. A whistleblower *telling* the US government that MS is spying on them would have a hell of a different response, especially given MS's recent large-scale breaches.

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Thanks a bunch. When you test it can you try to find people with very similar voices (both pendant wearer and non-wearer, as well as two non-wearers in a three person discussion)? Theoretically the device could distinguish between people based on directional sound, and it would be interesting...

No kidding. The key would serve as the unique seed during part of the generation of the OS-level encryption key. MS would have no problem decrypting it as it would be able to access this activation key as long as your computer is attached to the internet. From my other comment that you...

You don't have control over which license keys actually unlock the OS for use. Microsoft has control of that. PGP: The end user has an encryption key but doesn't have the decryption key. And good luck generating a new key if there is no known public key to generate it with.

Can't it be encrypted by a subroutine and key in the kernel that cannot be altered without bricking the OS (except the very first time the OS is installed with its license key in order to generate the unique key for that installation)? Assuming malfeasance on the part of Microsoft, the point in...

I have no horse in this race, but just want to state that this is not a trivial task if: Data is encrypted for transmission, and the data isn't sent back in real time, but instead batched for transmission. Still, it should be possible to determine which IP addresses the data is being sent to...

This is really problematic for all-party consent states such as California. They'll be exposing their customers to legal liability unless the pendant is able to filter out voices other than that of the owner.

Works as long as you're backing up consistently. I only back up every few months to an external HDD. On a work computer I decided to create another partition and install a Linux distro recently. Had a scary minute, but fortunately this work computer was linked to a Microsoft account that I...

I don't think I'll ever encrypt my personal drives. I don't backup every day, but still care about my data. If things go bad I want to be able to access it as long as the drive is okay.

I agree about the dGPU being very much optional. But I wouldn't trade in my old Dell. I hate those clickable touchpads. I like my old Dell with its discrete left, middle, right buttons for the touchpad.

Not with that setup in your sig. Should have bought the Cheyenne supercomputer. :p

I think the way it actually works is that the company needs a product today in order to generate cash flow to stay in business, so they push what they can get working out and continue working on implementing advances for next year. Could we have had 1000 Hz monitors 10 years ago? Maybe, but who...

It's probably the GPU. Can you return that to manufacturer/seller for a replacement?

Then what @35below0 says. You're best bet now is to take it somewhere that can diagnose the issue.