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The Not-So-Pretty Side of Big Tech

Most of us grow up thinking that the things we buy and store online are ours. Games, apps, files, even the email addresses tied to our names. But big tech companies like Microsoft remind us that nothing in their ecosystem really belongs to us. Recently, Microsoft suspended my Outlook account. They claimed that my OneDrive contained “child porn.”  Let me be clear: I download adult videos from the open web. I am not a pedophile. Yet Microsoft’s algorithms, terms of service, and opaque enforcement systems flagged my content as illegal, locked me out of my account, and informed me that I cannot appeal for six months. When you use Microsoft services, you’re not really buying a product; you’re renting access. Their terms give them permission to scan files on your computer, in your cloud storage, and across your account. The moment something doesn’t fit their rules, they can revoke everything: your email, your purchased games, even the apps you’ve paid for. Microsoft’s policy is blun...

Unlock The Bootloader on Windows Phone



Download windows phone internals and read the instructions. You might want to download windows device recovery tool from the windows phone internals app too 


Navigate to unlock bootloader and tap on  download all 




This will download two files , one for your device and possibly another ffu of the Lumia 950XL as well as the emergency files 

Note: don't try to unlock bootloader without emergency files. Also you might want to remove any sdcard 



Follow the prompts to boot the phone into flash mode






Enable 'show hidden files' in windows file explorer, the files you downloaded will be in C:\ProgramData\WPinternals\Repository

Tap on unlock and make a coffee etc, just don't touch the phone or exit wpinternals.

You can also flash the stock ffu at any time as well 

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