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[–] HowMany@lemmy.ml 35 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Is "copilot" the new slang for "back door"?

[–] swordsmanluke@programming.dev 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Man... Anybody remember "Back Orifice"? The late nineties were weird.

[–] Syn_Attck@lemmy.today 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Man they take me back! Used netbus a bunch in friends

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

Ironically I used to use BO for actual system work…. And one time to prank the hell out of my worker by playing sounds remotely.

[–] risencode@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago

Makes MS seem desperate. Fordicing it down everyones throat and displaying ads in the OS...

[–] Rogers@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago

I doubt they need to install something new for a back door

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

At 8kb it's certainly not an AI model.

[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago

More like open windows that were painted to make shutting them almost impossible.