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Re:I still use WordPerfect 6.2 for DOS by DizzyDoo on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @10:08AM (#24421121)
A few years ago, I made the mistake of installing the utility software that came with my new Razor keyboard - I thought it was some special driver thing - and I had to make a new account and sign in? It's a keyboard.
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Re:I still use WordPerfect 6.2 for DOS by formerly_proven on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @12:13PM (#24422514)
When you plug Razer stuff into a modern Windows 10 computer in the default configuration, Windows will actually silently download and install their crapware. Even if you are not admin. Even if the machine is part of a domain(!)
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Re:I still use WordPerfect 6.2 for DOS by DizzyDoo on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @01:04PM (#24423101)
Oh no! That's awful. I'm still on Windows 7 and I moved to a Logitech keyboard that I prefer - but while I don't think I'm going to try any other Razer products in the future I'm aware many other hardware companies do this sort of thing as well.
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Re:I still use WordPerfect 6.2 for DOS by exikyut on Friday September 11, 2020 @04:36AM (#24440392)
Ooooh. I wonder if that download pipeline forgets to do certificate verification...

(Can you flood a subnet with DNS A responses, or does that not work due to sequence numbering?)

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