The article explicitly pointed out this extended security patching does not cover support

It’s easy to agree with Microsoft when you don’t bother reading the article and just make up a reason to support their decision

A key, exactly like they did it for decades? Same way they verified you paid for that copy of Windows?

Because the local and state governments in those deserts keep promising them unlimited water for nearly free

I’m finding AI effectively automates entry level jobs and interns. The long term implications is very few will be able to enter the field. What do we do when all the experienced engineers retire? How will we shift our economy to work for everyone under this model?

At least some of the negligence is on Google, for the atrocious default security settings in Firebase

The vulnerability is called hospital gown because they leave the back end wide open by design. It’s not even a traditional vulnerability, since it’s technically working as intended

yes devs are either super green or even mostly AI

Solely blaming the devs tells me you have no experience with Firebase security

That’s exactly what hacking is.

'90s hacking movies may have given you a different idea of what cybersecurity looks like, but this is what the real world is like

Also, Google deserves a scolding here. Firebase’s default configuration is absolutely atrocious. One of the few critical vulnerabilities I’ve seen where the system is working as intended. Dubbed the hospital gown vuknerability because they leave the backend wide open by default

How very socialist of him

Mildly pedantic, but uBlock blocks the connection before it enters your network

They already make money hand-over-fist on Azure. Cloud computing is already quite expensive