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UID:pretalx-hack-glasgow-2026-FSPLPX@pretalx.hackglasgow.live
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DESCRIPTION:On October 14\, 2025\, billions of people received an ultimatum
 : pay 25 pounds or see their computer security compromised. This 'virus\,'
  pre-installed on machines ten years earlier\, triggered a dreaded ransomw
 are. You guessed it\, it's called Windows 10. Still present on over 400 mi
 llion machines too old to be updated\, it represents a major security risk
 . Following a study of the technical\, environmental\, and political conse
 quences of the end of Windows 10\, Helen of Troy herself will remind us ho
 w Microsoft and Windows act as a Trojan horse within our computers and our
  institutions. She will also provide a quick overview of the best Linux di
 stributions and alternative free software to evict as much as possible Mic
 rosoft from our digital walls. And like Antigone before her\, she will enc
 ourage the world to defy the scandalous disposal of our ageing hardware.\n
 \n_As Helen once brought ruin dressed in beauty's sacred guise\,\nSo Windo
 ws comes with marketing that hides monopolies' lies.\nWhen your machine ar
 rives with Windows pre-installed at birth\,\nThere come with it a dozen pr
 ograms of questionable worth!\nAnd push by push\, warnings\, pop-ups\, def
 aults set...\nDark patterns woven into one entangling net.\nA gentle nudge
  becomes a guided way\nUntil the path becomes the only way._
DTSTAMP:20260611T140851Z
LOCATION:Stage 1
SUMMARY:Farewell Windows 10\, glory to Linux! A tragedy in 2 acts. - Marie 
 Dubremetz / Helen of Troy
URL:https://pretalx.hackglasgow.live/hack-glasgow-2026/talk/FSPLPX/
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