Official Russian state photo shows Vladimir Putin casting online vote using an unlicensed version of Windows 10 — and to make things worse, it's on an American Dell PC
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Even highly sensitive state workflows can end up running on consumer-grade, non-compliant setups—governance on paper is not the same as governance in practice. If your own critical processes depend on “that one box under someone’s desk,” assume it’s already a liability.
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