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Microsoft and MasterCard working on universal online identification standard
Considering your post, I suppose you think Apple did wrong on accepting $9B from Google to make Google Search the default search engine in iOS and macOS, right?macxpress said:Could be worse...could be Google and MasterCard.
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Microsoft and MasterCard working on universal online identification standard
There is a large list of enterprises and business that trust MS authentication platform (Azure AD / AD) for their users and customers ID's. And now they are moving to password less on their services and products, as a method to improve security.GeorgeBMac said:If its online it can be hacked & stolen -- and identity theft is a growth industry.
Why would I trust Microsoft with my ID?
Actually, that's one of the big reasons why I stick to Apple products -- security and privacy. They're not invulnerable, but they're better than the rest. Far better.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/passwordless
Like you said, if it's online, it can be hacked and stolen. But MS have been prove very solid from a security POV, specially with their cloud services. I think that's the reason MC team with MS for this project.
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Microsoft surpasses Apple, retakes crown of world's most valuable company
bb-15 said:
I’ll clarify what the MS business model is; it is to get a monopoly in a major segment of personal computing and exploit that monopoly.GeorgeBMac said:lkrupp said:
Absolutely not, no way. Apple is way too expensive to buy itself out and go private.viclauyyc said:
Can Apple buy itself and go private?
apple sure don’t need outside investors to fund ny project like many company.For many, Apple's biggest attraction has been its horde of cash... They do have a nice operating profit. But that's at far more risk from competition or a manufacturing/design error than a Microsoft. (MS screws up all the time but all they have to do publish another update -- but Apple has a "--Gate" with every new release and nobody knows if or when one of them is going to stick.)Product wise Apple has always had all over Microsoft. But Microsoft has always had a better business model.
Bill Gates spoke about a natural PC OS monopoly in the 80s and MS has it on the desktop with Windows. That led to the MS Office monopoly and now that supports subscriptions to Office.
The financial analysts understand this. They know that MS has desktop monopolies in big companies (including the ones they work for) and in government.I would agree that in the 80's and 90's MS business practices make Office very popular. But I don't think that 20 years later it's the reason still popular. You just have to see the alternatives, including iWorks, and you'll see why still the best suite of business applications in the market. Even Apple have made something as good as MS Office.- Now to Microsoft’s screw ups. They are sometimes terrible. Here are just a few of them.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/11/microsoft-explains-one-azure-authentication-outage-as-another-one-happens/Here is a list from Apple,
https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/23/18016512/apple-icloud-find-my-iphone-service-disruption-outage
And there are many others, same as MS and every other company.
Companies and goverment are "locked" with MS products because at many times it's the best option. Neither Apple, Google or other company have an ecosystem as strong as MS. If MS releases junk as you said, Google or Apple could took advantage of it. For example, looks how iPhone and iPad did. But a part from that, neither desktops or server solutions for Apple have been able to enter the enterprise. Maybe MS is doing something right, don't you think?* But very important; many companies and governments are locked into MS products no matter how bad the products can be. For the enterprise, overall, Mac OS or Linux are not replacements for Windows and the MS ecosystem.
- MS may sometimes release junk but companies/government are dependent on MS products.
That = monopoly and that = a steady stream of $.** The appeal of Apple’s products is not understood by most financial analysts. Add to that the horde of uninformed Apple haters who don’t have a clue of the preferences of Apple product buyers which keeps the theme of much of tech journalism; spreading ignorance about Apple and its customers.
- A US financial network, CNBC, will often have talking heads who claim that Apple is doomed because everyone is going to switch to cheap Android phones and watches. This has a 10 year old level of understanding of Apple tech and its customers but it doesn’t matter.
Ignorance makes money with views of tech journalist articles/videos and with the shorting of Apple stock.There are articles for about MS, Google, FB and many other tech companies about how they are doomed for different reasons. It's not only for Apple.
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Apple unveils all new 13-inch MacBook Air with Retina display, Thunderbolt 3 and more
rob53 said:
Would you care to elaborate? A comparison chart would be nice.danvm said:
Apple + hardware encrypted hard drives are relatively new, while Thinkpads have been offer them for many years. Plus Windows 8 had many security features Apple now include with the T2 chip. Maybe that's one of the reasons Thinkpads are the most popular notebooks in business, enterprises and government.rob53 said:I'm sure nobody will read my comment but Apple just released the perfect government and enterprise laptop for confidential and classified storage. With the T2 chip, I don't believe there's any way someone can open up the laptop and read the data on the flash storage. Every laptop should come with full storage encryption turned on by default. Whenever we sent an employee on business travel, especially to a foreign country, the laptop was physically inspected. When the laptop was returned, it was physically inspected again. The good thing about the newer Apple laptops is that they don't come apart easily, making it very easy to notice any attempts at opening the case. With TouchID, no matter what crazy people say, it will be easy to wipe old fingerprints and add new ones specific to the current owner. Same with re-imaging every time it goes out to make sure there's only what's necessary on the laptop. I read another idiot lost their laptop with multiple millions of user account information on it. Why aren't they using a laptop engineered from the beginning to be secure out of the box? When it comes to cost, there's a tremendous cost when you lose customer accounts (like having your business closed) compared to the "free" cost of an ~$1000 laptop.Here are the Apple and MS documents with details on how they secure devices,https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/information-protection/secure-the-windows-10-boot-processFrom what I understood, Apple manage everything from the T2 chip. PC's use a TPM chip, hardware encrypted hard drive, and security features included in Windows 10, as Bitlocker, Windows Hello, Secure Boot and Trusted Boot to protect the device.Both companies achieve the same result, hardware encrypted hard drives, a process to protect the boot process and secure authentication with cameras and / or fingerprint technologies.Don't bother including anything about Windows 8 since the end of mainstream support ended January 2018. I really don't care is government and enterprise installations are still using it. That's the biggest vulnerability right there.I mentioned Windows 8 since was the first OS that includes Secure Boot and Trusted Boot. BitLocker has been part of Windows since Vista, and hardware encrypted hard drives were available in 2006, at least in Thinkpads.
https://www.technewsworld.com/story/53765.html
Windows 10 made some changes in BitLocker, and now supports and manage hardware encrypted hard drives.
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Apple's new Mac mini finally arrives with 5X performance, Thunderbolt 3, more
polymnia said:I love the 180° turn in Mac design. Maybe I'm living in the reality distortion field, but the last few Mac hardware updates seem much more substantial. I love seeing them move their T chip technology through the Mac line. One could argue that the most likely Mac to leave off the T chip is the Mini—its (traditionally) such minimalist Mac. Putting a T chip in the Mini sends a signal that this is a core component fo the Mac platform moving forward.
When Intel leaves Apple with no significantly new tech for years, Apple has gotten resourceful and developed some great supporting technology. Best part about it is no other vendor can just order T chips from Intel to make equivalent secure machines. Apple is designing they own differentiating tech and they don't have to share it. Apple has been crafting a PR story about privacy and security for years. Now they have that strategy baked into silicon that will soon be shipping in every Mac.I found this whitepaper from Apple (which is very nice) about the T2, and was updated this month.Although I haven't read it in detail, I noticed that the T2 has many elements Windows and business devices as Thinkpads had for years. IBM/Lenovo have been offering hardware encrypted hard drives for close to 10 years. Windows 8 was the first version with Secure Boot and it think the first version of Windows that worked with the TPM chip. Windows 10 is a step higher, since now Bitlocker integrates with hardware encrypted HDD. Plus MS have Windows Hello since the SP4 a few years ago.It's true that PC vendors don't have access to the T2 chip, but they still have the tools and hardware to secure their devices. At the end, it's nice to see that many vendors are looking seriously to secure their hardware.
