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[โ€“] RealAirBoon@lemmynsfw.com 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is literally your OS's creator adding a backdoor, it could be anything bit they dont seem to care to do anything other than adware.

[โ€“] djmarcone@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

That's why win 10 was free, and still is. So is 11. You can still install and activate win 11 pro for free with a 7 pro key, today.

Its a freaking vector for selling you other crap.

You don't even have to activate it at all. It's fully functional forever unactivated. Just a watermark.