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Thanks to the reporting of TechCrunch and others, we can now announce that Microsoft is no longer blocking Tutanota users from registering a Teams account! 😀 🙌

This story is a very good example of why we need better #antitrust legislation! #AntitrustVoteNow

https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/04/tutanota-cries-antitrust-foul-over-microsoft-teams-blocking-sign-ups-for-its-email-users/

Check out the full story: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/microsoft-blocks-tutanota-users-from-own-service/

Resolved: Microsoft blocks Tutanota users from own service: Tutanota users can't register a Microsoft Teams account.

Update on Microsoft Teams & Tutanota
Tutanota
#antitrust #antitrustvotenow
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Freedom=Caring for Each Other
Freedom=Caring for Each Other
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Kinda good. Kinda bad (perhaps).

Allowing Tutanota users to register accounts stops or makes it unclear for people to realise Microsoft is not good in long term and in the longterm we need to have our own ways or just have it away from more-corporate / BigTech way$... which is not aligned with your ways also I believe.

So being blocked fro your users registering actually set that alignment correctly and the message was clear. One of the only reasons to allow it / undo block is probably it's more profitable for them or good for research on your efforts.

(it's when they allow us to 'use them' I feel it's worse in the longterm)
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Martin Be
Martin Be
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This block was something very good. It prevented unaware people from using micro$oft's shitty, crappy software and services. 😉👍
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junkman
junkman
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Getting more people hooked on Microsoft is good? Not really sure about that.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-teams-stores-auth-tokens-as-cleartext-in-windows-linux-macs/

Microsoft Teams stores auth tokens as cleartext in Windows, Linux, Macs

Security analysts have found a severe security vulnerability in the desktop app for Microsoft Teams that gives threat actors access to authentication tokens and accounts with multi-factor authentication (MFA) turned on.
Bill Toulas (BleepingComputer)
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