New from 404 Media: Microsoft has terminated an account associated with VeraCrypt, the popular and long-running piece of encryption software.

[josephcox@infosec.exchange]

New from 404 Media: Microsoft has terminated an account associated with VeraCrypt, the popular and long-running piece of encryption software. This means can no longer receive updates on Windows, the developer told me. Little explanation given by Microsoft https://www.404media.co/microsoft-abruptly-terminates-veracrypt-account-halting-windows-updates/

[v4n4d1s@mastodon.social]

@josephcox Wireguard has the same problem: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47687884

[mookie@weredreaming.com]

“Linux and macOS updates can still be done but Windows is the platform used by the majority of users and so the inability to deliver Windows releases is a major blow to the project.”

Microsoft is doing a good job driving users to other platforms.

[rytmis@hachyderm.io]

@josephcox

Last year I got a paid MSDN license at work. I wanted to run Windows in a VM, but the site didn’t give me any product keys. Instead, it just errored out.

I contacted support, who told me that they had reviewed my case, and would not be able to grant access. Then they closed the ticket.

I opened a new ticket and insisted that it’s unacceptable to have paid for a product and then not receive it. They closed that one _without notifying me_.

I never got the license key, so we basically paid the full yearly MSDN cost for nothing in return.

Used to be a time when Microsoft still wanted developers on their platforms. Doesn’t seem to be the case any longer.