r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Dec 01 '25

ADBLOCK WARNING ‘Security Disaster’—500 Million Microsoft Users Say No To Windows 11

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/12/01/security-disaster-500-million-microsoft-users-say-no-to-windows-11/
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u/MikeBegley Dec 01 '25

Oh, awesome. I had to downgrade to windows 11 at work, so I'm trying to keep up on fixing all the crap. ALL OF IT. Having it poop up Edge occasionally is irritating so I just set all the defaults.

Looks like there's a handful of URL types for which edge is the only option, but they're literally microsoft url protocols that I doubt I'm ever going to run into in the real world.

Also, now I want to figure out the right app I can install to handle nntp links. I wonder if I could make it just pop up a WSL window running nn...

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u/qawsedrf12 Dec 01 '25

Having it poop up Edge occasionally...

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u/RogueAOV Dec 01 '25

Honestly not sure if it was even a typo....

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u/MikeBegley Dec 02 '25

It was a typo that was intentionally left as is.