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Re:Ring0VBA – Getting Ring0 Using a Word Document by Rygian on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @12:03PM (#33345717)
What about megacorps writing operating systems for 99% of the device-owner population of the world?

And again, the original comment above is not "ask permission from the government" but instead "pass independent security audits by neutral auditors before exposing your software to the general public."

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Re:Ring0VBA – Getting Ring0 Using a Word Document by badsectoracula on Saturday October 29, 2022 @08:54AM (#33383626)
It was

> independent security audits paid with public money

The "with public money" part means they are funded and thus controlled by the government.

Not that i think a privately owned megacorp is much better, after all i do not like the scare boxes you see on unsigned (and "lesser signed") programs in Windows and macOS unless you pay the certificate mafia protection money - but at least those do not block you completely.

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