Teams is not being replaces because it is crap (it is, but still), Teams is replaces because it is from Microsoft and an order from the US administration can make it non-functional for any user (with several examples now, although MS is lying about them). Hence Sharepoint and eventually Windows have to go as well. And nothing of value will have been lost.

Yes. Unfortunately the EU has officials that are total idiots too. And, who knows, maybe Microslop had a hand in generating these reviews. Would not be the first time.

And, for example, that Teams finally got an Audio-test this years or so?

But my take is these are just people that do not want to use anything new. And they are too dumb to understand what the move away from Teams is actually about. Yes, the EU has dumb officials too, sadly.

Who wrote that demented headline?

But a major international incident with China, where the US is obviously and clearly in the wrong, is not something the US wants at all. It would cement its reputation as a rogue-nation and make recovery from that even harder. The US needs the rest of the world, even if the convicted criminal in the White House does not understand that.

Agreed. These people are both malicious and malignant. That they are dumb beyond belief ("Hawks" vs. "Hawkeyes" anybody?) just makes them more dangerous.

If you switch on machinery that you reasonably expect will hack somebody else, the regular hacking laws apply. Otherwise you could load a computer with hacking tools and some automation on top (LLMs are NOT needed for this) switch it on and then walk free. Newsflash: You will not.

Stupid "logic".

Fortunately LLMs are far too heavyweight and inflexible for that level of mobility. But they may do things more like a bot-net controller.

Exactly. It only gets worse if it happens later.

True. But the problem is that this survey is valid and shows truth as well. Things are not as simple as people like you would have them be.

Also, if people are held to account _after_ they spread lies, that is not censorship. That one is called "accountability" and it is absolutely critical to keep society functioning. Without it, everything descends into corruption.

Continue to run you bot while being well aware you cannot control it? Go to prison for a lengthy period of time. Seriously, they knew. They were fine with it.

If they knew and let it continue, they are no different from any other criminal hacking enterprise. And with these numbers, there is no way in this universe they did not know.

Yes. Even if they only intentionally looked away, this is way beyond gross negligence now. There is no way this was not blatantly obvious to them and they let it continue.

An entire understandable decision. Sadly, the religious fuckups have no such inhibitions.

... it was probably American tourists stealing all that ice.