A botnet is taken down in an operation by Microsoft, not the government

Re:A botnet is taken down in an operation by Microsoft, not ... by jascii on Thursday March 12, 2020 @01:09PM (#22559047)

Technically MS does own the OS, the end user is just granted a license to use it. They do however not own the hardware it runs on, so there should be limits on what they can do, I agree that the idea that they can act as law enforcement without limits is chilling.

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Re:A botnet is taken down in an operation by Microsoft, not ... by tomlogic on Thursday March 12, 2020 @04:20PM (#22561310)

There are limits. The article describes them waiting on a federal court order giving them authority to execute their plan.

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Re:A botnet is taken down in an operation by Microsoft, not ... by kova12 on Thursday March 12, 2020 @08:56PM (#22563719)

I also understand that they control what amounts to a substantial private police force. Which is exactly what government must do, not Microsoft

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