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guax 11 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Lo...

Integral? I would argue that is wild that a piece of software so useless for the basic and correct function gets so much privilege.

steveBK123 11 months ago [–]

Well I mean integral here in that your PC can't boot and do anything useful if the software breaks.

It's not some solitaire app or saas website.

Completely nuked 1000s of companies ability to operate for a day, and the thing is auto-updating with apparently global big bang release push method..

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