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		stackghost on Sept 3, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft's 'Recall' feature can't be uninstalled ... >Windows is "military-grade". That's a laugh. On the inside, the term of art for things like Windows is COTS - Commercial, Off-the-shelf.

myhf on Sept 3, 2024 | [–]

In some fields, all outside software (including well-known vendors) is called SOUP - software of unknown provenance.

1vuio0pswjnm7 on Sept 3, 2024 | [–]

Yeah, the "military-grade" products I am comparing to are manufactured according to a specification provided by the customer, not COTS. Bad comparison.

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