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My mom bought a used laptop absolutely riddled with spyware, linux isn't an option

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[–] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hm, I could have sworn I had read an article around here (roughly the last two months maybe, likely more recently) saying that the MAS had been patched by Microsoft, but now I can't find anything about it at all. Odd.

Well, good that it's still functioning!

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They thought it was patched for good but after a few days found a workaround

[–] nostradiel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

As always. 😅

[–] csfirecracker@lemmyf.uk 2 points 1 year ago

They patched new HWID requests being sent, but any existing licenses made with those methods are fine. That was only one of several ways to spoof yourself legitimate, though. The rest still work.