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After claiming that a backdoor into Windows 11's BitLocker is by design, the security sleuth's GitHub account has since been banned by Microsoft over unspecified reasons, forcing them to transition to GitLab (via Tom's Hardware ). In security, the real value is not just the warning itself but the way it changes operational risk, account safety, and the cost of responding later.
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The signal is strong enough to deserve attention, but it still needs to be read as something developing rather than fully settled. With 1 source layers on the table, the part worth reading most closely is where firm facts meet the market's early reaction. The first audience to watch is the group already paying for storage, collaboration, and AI inside one stack, because that is where value shifts show up fastest.
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