21st August, 2018.
Right … I’m almost at the end of — get this — a day off.
Frantically realising, whilst wandering, washing up, having dinner with the family — my nephew says there’s a giant eyeball, over there … ! — that stuff’s a going on …
I’d seen the news, today.
That Microsoft has halted a hacking attack on various Republican Party/conservative groups in the US …
From Russia.
OK, that’s bad.
But, being honest? I’d like to know what US cyber spies are doing.
Not that I think they’d tell the likes of me.
But I’m willing to bet that there’s a US Cyber warfare department doing something similar.
Willing to bet the UK government’s resident boffins at GCHQ are involved with the same sort of activities.
And willing to bet Microsoft love the publicity.
At ANY rate … ?
I can remember reading about an open source software project, a few years ago, called
ReactOS.
A product designed to be used instead of Windows, and free of charge, but compatible with Windows software.
You could go and install
ReactOS on your PC, and use exactly the same Windows apps you’d already got.
Without having to buy separate versions*.
It’s only when my ageing memory caught up, I realised I’d read about
ReactOS, a while back.
About how interested Russian politicians were in the thing.
I don’t know for sure …
But I’m guessing something like
ReactOS would give malicious agents a chance to would out how to put a spanner in Microsoft’s works …
Without have to buy anything from them.
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At any rate … ?
It’s a day off.
Or, at least, has been one.
And … ?
Yes: … that WAS rather good … !
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