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[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 252 points 2 weeks ago

out of all the censored things, they didn't think to censor a product key before declassifying it. I wish I could say I was surprised.

[-] myrmidex@belgae.social 218 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This seems to suggest that the redactions weren't done by legal professionals.

[-] SchadeMarmelade@feddit.org 108 points 2 weeks ago

Understatement of the year so far.

[-] BitsAndBites@lemmy.world 153 points 2 weeks ago

The product key didnt have -TRUMP- in it so it's fine

[-] M137@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Imagine if it did and the only reason it was censored was because they did a search and find > TRUMP > Make selected text background black.

[-] bobo@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 weeks ago

I've only seen videos of it, but apparently you can copy paste the redacted parts of the pdfs. They legit left all of the text data on a different layer.

[-] ptu@sopuli.xyz 47 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I wish the people who found that would’ve kept their mouths shut until 100% is released

[-] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 43 points 2 weeks ago

Unfortunately with an error so egregious, the amount of people who found that near instantly was probably in the thousands

[-] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 39 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly. I dabble in competitive assessment and the amount of times weve got competitors data because they didnt flatten a file is astounding. The one we try every time with moderate success is checking every picture to see if you can "uncrop" it. So many times the rest of the picture is actually in the file and the crop is just for display purposes. Most of the time the rest of the photo is useless, but ill never forget the time we got the whole process map for their upcoming production schedule

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[-] Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com 19 points 2 weeks ago

It's a product key for an old no longer supported* product.

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 weeks ago

yea but it's still a valid key! the opsec part of me is dying atm.

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[-] cyrano@piefed.social 182 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

CWMY2-V4YPB-TJ2DK-XTMBG-V3R32

CWMY2-V4YPB-TJ2DK-XTMBG-V3R32
[-] chraebsli@programming.dev 140 points 2 weeks ago

you can activate any windows or office by using vlmcsd (https://github.com/Wind4/vlmcsd). you can selfhost it, choose any windows version like 11 pro or enterprise or office product like office 24 enterprise. activate it using your kms server and you can enter the matching licence key every so often to activate it. doesn't cost a cent except hosting on 512mb/1cpu. i think there are public kms servers with vlmcsd too. obviously JUST FOR TESTING PURPOSES ;)

[-] tordenflesk@lemmy.world 43 points 2 weeks ago

Simpler to just use massgrave, no?

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[-] notthebees@reddthat.com 33 points 2 weeks ago

Ah yes key management server server

[-] chraebsli@programming.dev 31 points 2 weeks ago

haha yes sorry! my wireless wlan had some issues with my personal pc when i was etablishing a secure ssh connection. could also be an error with my dns system or with the http protocol.

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[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago

kms server? massgrave? is this a dark joke i am not in on

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 31 points 2 weeks ago

Kms is key management services.

Why massgrave is called that, I have no idea.

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[-] mech@feddit.org 28 points 2 weeks ago

That's the part that mystifies me. On the one hand, in an enterprise setting, it can be frustratingly difficult to license and activate your MS products, to the point where you cry out "Why do you make it so hard to give you our money?"
And on the other hand, you can easily bypass the whole thing and get all their stuff for free.
And it's been that way for decades, so it doesn't seem to be a mistake on their part.

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[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
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[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 128 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

He used the Home version?

He owned his own island, he could at least go for Professional!

I remember Windows 7's editions being a complete mess, but a come on!

Either ask your IT guy or your friend Billy G, both will laugh at you for picking a Home version when you have the money to go pro.

What a fucking loser.

[-] jqubed@lemmy.world 67 points 2 weeks ago
[-] TheRagingGeek@lemmy.world 55 points 2 weeks ago

Funny enough I got 7 ultimate for free by having a Microsoft themed Tupperware party and using their party invite platform. They sent me a box with free copy and ms colored streamers and windows 7 napkins. I still have the napkins new and sealed. Had to take like 4 pictures with my friends around a laptop I think. Not a bad trade for the best version of 7. I don’t think they’d ever get people to do the same for the newer OS’s. 7 was one of the good ones

[-] balsoft@lemmy.ml 41 points 2 weeks ago

I don’t think they’d ever get people to do the same for the newer OS’s

Just sayin, if you host a Linux install party you can get a copy of most Linux distributions for free. You can also get it for free if you don't host a Linux install party, but that's minor details.

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[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 26 points 2 weeks ago

7 was the first and last version of Windows that I didn't immediately despise.

[-] TheRagingGeek@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago

For me I think I enjoyed 98, XP, 7 it was nearly Star Trek rules every other edition was ok. 7 was the culmination of the best of. But absolute shit ever since. Honestly wish I could just go back to 7 for anything that requires windows( I try to stay away from it whenever possible)

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[-] binomialchicken@lemmy.blahaj.zone 79 points 2 weeks ago
[-] unnamed1@feddit.org 21 points 2 weeks ago

lol this is the old lan party piracy key I still know by heart. It's like a password all my nerd-friends know :D

[-] SeventySeven@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 weeks ago

"FCKGW" was all I needed to read lol

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[-] tonytins@pawb.social 70 points 2 weeks ago

That product key is forever in the public domain now.

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 65 points 2 weeks ago

i mean ofc he's bffs with Bill Gates

[-] TeddE@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

In 2019, Gates characterized his relationship with Epstein as a 'huge mistake'. Make of that what you will.

But this post doesn't really address that. It suggests Epstein bought Windows XP once, which … is fine … I guess? (Doesn't let him off the hook for the criminal empire he ran though)

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

In 2019, Gates characterized his relationship with Epstein as a ‘huge mistake’.

Probably because it was the final straw for his wife Melinda, and Gates wasn't happy how much she would take in the divorce. Considering he was a serial philanderer and often used his position at Microsoft as a way to meet women (including Melinda!), it's not like he respected that marriage or his wife very much, so it can't be that he's sad about losing her or something, so my bet is on sad he was going to lose a lot of wealth over his Epstein connections.

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[-] BiggestPiggest@lemmy.world 62 points 2 weeks ago

He might rape children but at least he doesn’t pirate software.

[-] invictvs@lemmy.world 68 points 2 weeks ago

I'm happy to say I have nothing in common with him

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago

I pirate software, but at least I don't rape children.

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[-] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 37 points 2 weeks ago

I saw someone mention that if you find an old installer for windows 10, you can upgrade to that and continue on to upgrade to w11 still and keep the activation.

ymmv

[-] dumnezero@piefed.social 63 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, but why? Windows is horrible.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago

Even worse. You'd get from Windows 7 to Windows 11.

Why, indeed?

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[-] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

Or you could update to a modern Linux build, most of which are just as easy as windows and 90+%of apps can run through wine so you don’t miss out on anything

Yea I use Arch BTW bitch! (Just kidding about the bitch part, it sounded funny in my head, I’m sure you are a wonderful human being and I hope you have a marvelous day)

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[-] nieceandtows@programming.dev 34 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Hupf@feddit.org 30 points 2 weeks ago

Here's my product key

So activate me maybe

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 30 points 2 weeks ago

Another Gates connection 🤔

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[-] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you hackers with thigh-highs

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