Windows

I have a rough idea of why Crowdstrike’s update bricked countless Windows devices around the world, but it’s more important to discuss some reasons why we collectively found ourselves in a situation where a vendor, that most people hadn’t heard of, was allowed to take down so many services people depend on. Surprisingly my organisation came out relatively unscathed, but not entirely. Restoring our servers and VMs is a trivial job in itself, but most things running on them can’t be taken offline without that quickly cascading into a much bigger problem.

After ensuring I didn’t misunderstand what I read, when I learned about Microsoft’s Co-Pilot Recall thing, I couldn’t help but ask myself the obvious question: ‘Just how the hell could anyone possibly believe it’s a smart idea?’. But I sort of know the answer: It’s because the obsession among corporations with pleasing investors by forcing ‘AI’ onto everything and everyone, whether we like it or not, and regardless of the ramifications.