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Microsoft on Windows 10 Security Improvements

posted by n1 on Thursday October 23 2014, @12:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the windows-security-oxymoron dept.

The Mighty Buzzard writes:

Martin Brinkmann over at ghacks.net brings us info on Windows 10 security changes:

The company started to open up only recently and reveal additional information about Windows 10. It published a lengthy blog post today on the Windows For Your Business blog that details security improvements coming to the operating system.

Aimed at business and enterprise customers, it provides insight for consumers as well.

One of the changes discussed in the blog post is how Microsoft plans to change how users identify themselves on the system. Microsoft plans to eliminate single-factor authentication systems such as user/password log ins by building improved protection right into the operating system.

Yeah, I know we're way off normal in Linux usership around here but we still have relatives whose computers we have to fix, so...

 
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  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday October 23 2014, @03:05PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Thursday October 23 2014, @03:05PM (#109199)

    Well if Windows and Mac both make it impossible to run YOUR OWN FUCKING CODE without getting the Holy Microsoft Turkey-Slap of Quality, we'll have to go *somewhere.*

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 23 2014, @08:11PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 23 2014, @08:11PM (#109345)

    Settle down...

    iOS and Mac both allow you to run your OWN code and give you the full featured compiler for free.
    What they don't want you to do is run someone else's BINARY. But on Mac, just right-click on the actual file, choose open, and then open again and it runs just fine.

    Behavior roughly analogous to UAC on Windows.

    full_disclosure:
    My primary workstation is a Mac containing (at the moment) Debian, CentOS, RedHat, Windows 7, and the Windows 10 preview in VMs