RE: https://aus.social/@mojo/116321714247825786

En Wero draait op (tadaa) het Amerikaanse Amazon Web Services. Van de regen in de drup.

I teach cybersecurity. And I genuinely don't know what to tell my students after this one. Federal reviewers spent years trying to get basic encryption documentation from Microsoft for its GCC High government cloud. They couldn't get it. One reviewer called the system a "pile of spaghetti pies," with data traveling from point A to point B the way you'd get from Chicago to New York: a bus to St. Louis, a ferry to Pittsburgh, and a flight to Newark. Each leg is a potential hijacking. They knew this. They said this out loud in writing. Then they approved it anyway in December 2024, because too many agencies were already using it. 🔐 That's not a security review. That's a hostage negotiation. Two things in this story should make every CISO and CIO uncomfortable:

🧩 Microsoft built its federal cloud on top of decades of legacy code that it apparently can't fully document itself
👮 "Digital escorts" often ex-military with minimal software engineering backgrounds are the firewall between Chinese engineers working on the system and classified U.S. networks 🤦🏻‍♂️

The scariest line in the whole ProPublica investigation isn't the "pile of shit" quote. It's this: FedRAMP determined that refusing authorization wasn't feasible because agencies were already using the product. Read that again. The security review process reached a conclusion based on sunk cost, not risk. Ex Post Facto Fallacy

If that logic holds, the compliance framework is just documentation theater. And right now, CISA is being hollowed out, so there are fewer people left to even run the theater.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/03/federal-cyber-experts-called-microsofts-cloud-a-pile-of-shit-approved-it-anyway/
#Cybersecurity #Microsoft #FedRAMP #Leadership #RiskManagement #security #privacy #cloud #infosec

as of yesterday, i cannot use my own phone, which i own and paid for in cash, to visit websites on the Internet or to send and receive text messages.

unless i "verify my age" with Apple, i am considered a "teen" and do not own my own device.

anyone who voted for this nonsense: fuck you.

For many people, the #Linux vs #Windows vs #Mac debate is a privilege — it assumes you can choose. But working with the Computer Upcycle Project, I've seen the real choice is often Linux vs no computer at all.

~95% of donated computers are "too old" for Windows 11 or macOS. Linux installs on them anyway, adding 10+ years of life to machines #Microsoft and #Apple called trash.

This isn't Linux vs Windows. It's Linux vs e-waste.

Ik nam een kijkje op de website van #ProgressiefNederland.

Hoe progressief is dit nu eigenlijk?

Een deelknop voor #Mastodon ontbreekt. Wel vier deelknoppen voor #bigtech-platforms.

Echt progressieve politieke partijen zijn te vinden op de #Fediverse:

- @PartijvoordeDieren
- @Piratenpartij
- @BIJ1

#PracticeWhatYouPreach

Ik help graag.

#GroenLinks #PvdA #GroenLinksPvdA #PubliekeWaarden