I just saw this on a laptop at the @bsidesnova conference...
Ads.
On the lockscreen.
How. How do people live like this? Like seriously. Inundated by ads. I mean, not just the tracking and surveillance behind it... but blatant ads everywhere.
They PAY microsoft to show them ads on their lockscreen.
Remember adware? That would gum up your browsers in the early aughts? Like... that was considered malware at the time and removed by antivirus.
Can you turn this off? Is this a third party widget or something?
What....
@tinker @bsidesnova For work reasons, I'm going to have to install Windows 11. Is this what I have to look forward to?
@LPerry2 @bsidesnova - I dont know! Maybe its just for a free version of Windows. Is that a thing? Or whatever MS sells to consumers. Maybe if you get the Pro version, you dont get it?
I honestly dont know...
@tinker @LPerry2 @bsidesnova Yes, there is a drop down selector in the lock screen settings that will let you hide this
@bbdd333 @tinker @bsidesnova Thanks, bbdd333!
I've postponed Windows 11 as long as I possibly could because one thing I know about Microsoft: if there's a useful feature in one version, it'll be gone in the next one.
@LPerry2 @tinker @bsidesnova Same here, I'm only complying because I have to for work. I hate how so many changes they make are just rearranging where the settings are, and then adding in silly features like this one.
@bbdd333 @LPerry2 @tinker @bsidesnova
Every windows box in my household is, as of a few weeks ago, either on Win 11 or in the bin.
I remember the bad old days of windows 98/me/XP online with automatic updates disabled by default. Everybody just having to wipe & reinstall periodically as a matter of maintenance. Driving all over town on a rainy weekend to remove that lsass worm from friends and family boxes.
Ugly as 11 is, I will never again run a MS OS that's not actively receiving security patches on an Internet connected box.
@lackthereof @bbdd333 @LPerry2 @tinker @bsidesnova #Microsoft IS your security #threat you are patching and connecting to frequently!
You might actually be safer on XP / Win 7... and less 'updating' like you're 'safer'
#Security from bad people / companies isn't really great...
