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Comment on Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use

mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Many of us don’t get a choice when it comes to work computers. I use a lot of software that is impossible to get on Windows or Linux. I despise Macs with a passion, but I’m forced to use them for certain aspects of my work. Because there literally isn’t an analogous program for Windows or Mac.

Same with my desk computer, which is a Windows laptop issued by the company’s IT department. Could I boot Linux on it from a USB drive? Probably. But why would I, when that could easily get me fired as soon as IT sees a random Linux machine connecting to their network?

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baines@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
why are you running pirated media on a work computer?

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- curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  On the same basis as Ninte do, it wouldn’t matter if they are or are not, if their “detection” determines ita against terms, then its against terms.
  
  False positives happen all the time.
  
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  - baines@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    huh?
    
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    curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    The only part that matters is detection.
    
    Whether that detection is accurate or not is irrelevant.
    
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mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Many of us don’t get a choice when it comes to work computers.

Then just switch to Linux on your personal computer. Seriously, it’s as if you saw that single “gotcha” argument and decided to repeat it with no thought whatsoever

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- mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Not at all. There are a lot of Lemmy users who act like using Windows/Mac for anything is a sin. The go-to advice whenever Microsoft progresses the enshittificafion is “lol I haven’t used Windows in [X] years. Just make the switch to Linux already.” And they act like ditching it is the only way to go. But the sad reality is that ditching Windows/Mac isn’t an option for many people who are roped into using it due to corporate policy.
  
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hardcoreufo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I took down all the lan ports in our cube area connecting a raspberry pi to the network. I left network as static as I set it up and installed it into equipment where it won’t touch the network but the machine can talk to it, but then realized I needed some extra software. So I brought it out to my desk where I had set it up while it was set to dynamic and it caused the whole switch it was connected to to shut down. No one really seemed bothered when I went to get it fixed. Concerningly not bothered in fact.

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