out of all the censored things, they didn't think to censor a product key before declassifying it. I wish I could say I was surprised.
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This seems to suggest that the redactions weren't done by legal professionals.
Understatement of the year so far.
The product key didnt have -TRUMP- in it so it's fine
Imagine if it did and the only reason it was censored was because they did a search and find > TRUMP > Make selected text background black.
I've only seen videos of it, but apparently you can copy paste the redacted parts of the pdfs. They legit left all of the text data on a different layer.
I wish the people who found that would’ve kept their mouths shut until 100% is released
Unfortunately with an error so egregious, the amount of people who found that near instantly was probably in the thousands
Exactly. I dabble in competitive assessment and the amount of times weve got competitors data because they didnt flatten a file is astounding. The one we try every time with moderate success is checking every picture to see if you can "uncrop" it. So many times the rest of the picture is actually in the file and the crop is just for display purposes. Most of the time the rest of the photo is useless, but ill never forget the time we got the whole process map for their upcoming production schedule
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It's a product key for an old no longer supported* product.
CWMY2-V4YPB-TJ2DK-XTMBG-V3R32
CWMY2-V4YPB-TJ2DK-XTMBG-V3R32
you can activate any windows or office by using vlmcsd (https://github.com/Wind4/vlmcsd). you can selfhost it, choose any windows version like 11 pro or enterprise or office product like office 24 enterprise. activate it using your kms server and you can enter the matching licence key every so often to activate it. doesn't cost a cent except hosting on 512mb/1cpu. i think there are public kms servers with vlmcsd too. obviously JUST FOR TESTING PURPOSES ;)
Ah yes key management server server
haha yes sorry! my wireless wlan had some issues with my personal pc when i was etablishing a secure ssh connection. could also be an error with my dns system or with the http protocol.
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kms server? massgrave? is this a dark joke i am not in on
Kms is key management services.
Why massgrave is called that, I have no idea.
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That's the part that mystifies me. On the one hand, in an enterprise setting, it can be frustratingly difficult to license and activate your MS products, to the point where you cry out "Why do you make it so hard to give you our money?"
And on the other hand, you can easily bypass the whole thing and get all their stuff for free.
And it's been that way for decades, so it doesn't seem to be a mistake on their part.
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He used the Home version?
He owned his own island, he could at least go for Professional!
I remember Windows 7's editions being a complete mess, but a come on!
Either ask your IT guy or your friend Billy G, both will laugh at you for picking a Home version when you have the money to go pro.
What a fucking loser.
Windows 7 Ultimate!
Funny enough I got 7 ultimate for free by having a Microsoft themed Tupperware party and using their party invite platform. They sent me a box with free copy and ms colored streamers and windows 7 napkins. I still have the napkins new and sealed. Had to take like 4 pictures with my friends around a laptop I think. Not a bad trade for the best version of 7. I don’t think they’d ever get people to do the same for the newer OS’s. 7 was one of the good ones
I don’t think they’d ever get people to do the same for the newer OS’s
Just sayin, if you host a Linux install party you can get a copy of most Linux distributions for free. You can also get it for free if you don't host a Linux install party, but that's minor details.
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7 was the first and last version of Windows that I didn't immediately despise.
For me I think I enjoyed 98, XP, 7 it was nearly Star Trek rules every other edition was ok. 7 was the culmination of the best of. But absolute shit ever since. Honestly wish I could just go back to 7 for anything that requires windows( I try to stay away from it whenever possible)
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Finally, I can upgrade from Osama bin Laden's Windows XP key: https://www.cia.gov/library/abbottabad-compound/61/61C5FB27A2ECCBE2B3269A5589A7F518_serial.txt.doc.pdf
lol this is the old lan party piracy key I still know by heart. It's like a password all my nerd-friends know :D
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That product key is forever in the public domain now.
i mean ofc he's bffs with Bill Gates
In 2019, Gates characterized his relationship with Epstein as a 'huge mistake'. Make of that what you will.
But this post doesn't really address that. It suggests Epstein bought Windows XP once, which … is fine … I guess? (Doesn't let him off the hook for the criminal empire he ran though)
In 2019, Gates characterized his relationship with Epstein as a ‘huge mistake’.
Probably because it was the final straw for his wife Melinda, and Gates wasn't happy how much she would take in the divorce. Considering he was a serial philanderer and often used his position at Microsoft as a way to meet women (including Melinda!), it's not like he respected that marriage or his wife very much, so it can't be that he's sad about losing her or something, so my bet is on sad he was going to lose a lot of wealth over his Epstein connections.
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He might rape children but at least he doesn’t pirate software.
I'm happy to say I have nothing in common with him
Gotta draw a line somewhere.
Would you download a 13 year old?
I'm not a monster!
Downloading is illegal. I have morals.
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I saw someone mention that if you find an old installer for windows 10, you can upgrade to that and continue on to upgrade to w11 still and keep the activation.
ymmv
Or you could update to a modern Linux build, most of which are just as easy as windows and 90+%of apps can run through wine so you don’t miss out on anything
Yea I use Arch BTW bitch! (Just kidding about the bitch part, it sounded funny in my head, I’m sure you are a wonderful human being and I hope you have a marvelous day)
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This is crazy
Here's my product key
So activate me maybe
Thank you hackers with thigh-highs
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