#TheDevilIsInTheDefault

2025-05-04

So Microsoft #SmartScreen has started blocking our #Peertube videos for participants on our Sterling College course '#SurvivingTheFuture: #APathThroughTumultuousTimes' (survivingthefuture.darkoptimis )

In this case, a harmless self-hosted video of our session with #DavidAbram.

Is this part of the tech bros making life difficult for those trying to use alternatives to their established default providers (YouTube, in this case) or is there some more innocent explanation?

#TheDevilIsInTheDefault

A screenshot of a Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warning stating that "Microsoft Defender SmartScreen has blocked this unsafe content", along with details of the Peertube video in question.

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