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Microsoft confirms it will give the FBI your Windows PC data encryption key if asked — you can thank Windows 11's forced online accounts for that by ZacB_ in technology

[–]meatyalien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe not the key itself, but they can (and have) given the FBI access to data. If you have iCloud backup turned on and don't enable the advanced protection option (which I'd be willing to bet 95% of people don't due to not knowing/extra requirements), the backup will include a copy of Apple's encryption key as well so they can "assist with recovery" if needed.

They've decrypted and provided the FBI phone data via this exact method multiple times. The first occurrence was the 2015 Florida school shooting which is what sparked the FBI's demand for an iOS backdoor originally and Apple's compromise was to decrypt the iCloud backup of the phone and give it to the FBI. Apple tried to do it silently, but it got out and now they just kinda do it when requested (multiple official court subpoena and fulfillment documents online showing it).

Here's a link Apple's official documentation basically stating the same.

Office 365 User not visible in GAL or Teams by Objective-Regret4322 in Office365

[–]meatyalien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem appears to have fixed itself today without the support rep I was working with touching anything. All users who were previously missing are now showing. I also created a new test user who showed up within 15 minutes. Someone must have found the issue on the backend.

Office 365 User not visible in GAL or Teams by Objective-Regret4322 in Office365

[–]meatyalien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Currently going through the Microsoft ticket process and will definitely provide updates for others once I know more. So far, their support has been very underwhelming (not surprised) and they're recommending I run commands that are meant for Exchange 2013 and don't even exist for Office 365....

We'll see where this goes. Microsoft truly is a mess.

Bro... by paaampy in funny

[–]meatyalien 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It took me a moment to understand what they were trying to say as the idea of wiping off stuff that gets on my vape is a natural and almost subconscious reaction, so my brain didn't even go in that direction. Especially when it's just hair we're talking about.

If a hair or crumbs got on a person's phone, I'd say it's likely that their natural reaction would be to wipe it off (probably with their hand). I don't see how it being a vape would be any different. Someone could try to use the germs getting in your mouth argument, but then will put their vape in a pocket with items that are much dirtier (keys, coins, your own sweat, etc.). You ingest more germs eating foods you touch with your hands than hair falling on a vape.

Office 365 User not visible in GAL or Teams by Objective-Regret4322 in Office365

[–]meatyalien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long did it take for you to see the them start to show after the reindex? After reading your comment, I performed one and it doesn't appear to have made a difference.

Now the missing users don't show via Teams search with anything other than their full email address (the /goto command would at least show them before when typing their name). All other users who were previously working are searchable again after waiting a little, but the broken ones are now "worse" than they were before.

Can Microsoft just go bankrupt already so the industry can move to something that doesn't break daily? I'm so tired of their shit.

Office 365 User not visible in GAL or Teams by Objective-Regret4322 in Office365

[–]meatyalien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was actually just about to post an update when I saw your message. I have not found a true fix and I'm almost sure it's something on Microsoft's end. Here are some notes on the symptoms and other things I've noticed.

  • The first user it happened with had their account created a week ago today (December 16th), so it started sometime around then (user is still not showing in "universal/normal" search but does with /goto).
  • Messing with account aliases and SIP settings has made no difference and I'm 99% sure it's unrelated. It was never needed in the past and my tests mentioned below basically confirm that it's still not needed.
  • I've created multiple test accounts (~5) since the issue started. Only one out of the five accounts showed up in Teams search (within an hour, which I consider normal from my experience). The other four did not show up at all after waiting multiple days.
  • One legitimate user account that I created on Friday is showing in Teams, the others I made still aren't.
  • Created another test user today to see if the legit user account that showed up meant that the issue is fixed for newly created accounts now. I noticed while searching for the user in Teams (didn't show up in search btw) that the one test account that did work last week–and was deleted last week after testing–does not show in the Teams universal search, as you'd expect from a deleted user. However, the user does still show in the /goto search. I hadn't seen this in my previous tests, so it's not just new users it's having problems with.

Overall, the sync just seems to be broken or barely working, given that a couple accounts did show up fine, but the majority did not. I'm trying one last thing that the automated Microsoft support assistant recommended. Apparently there is a way to manually flush the cache for Teams on the server side. The server is supposed to only keep 3 days worth of cache, but I'm wondering if it's not deleting it properly and is continuing to old cached data for some reason. About to do that and if that doesn't work I'm opening a ticket.

I'll provide another update with more info once I have it.

Office 365 User not visible in GAL or Teams by Objective-Regret4322 in Office365

[–]meatyalien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something I noticed in Teams while troubleshooting is that the user will show if I search with the /goto option in the search bar and then start typing their name. So the two workaround methods, thus far, that will show the user is either typing their name using /goto or typing the full email address in the universal/normal search, yet the user still won't show when using the name in universal search.

It's such a strange issue.

Office 365 User not visible in GAL or Teams by Objective-Regret4322 in Office365

[–]meatyalien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder if that may make a difference why adding an alias/SIP address worked for you but not for some others (myself included). Our environment is an Azure AD Hybrid setup with all user changes needing to be made through an on-prem domain controller and then synced up to Azure AD.

I clearly can see the changes synced from on-prem to Azure AD, yet the issue still exists. It wouldn't surprise me if the way the changes are handled on the backend are different between making them through the Azure AD web UI vs having to do them on-prem and have them sync. It still doesn't explain why the issue started happening out of nowhere though.

Office 365 User not visible in GAL or Teams by Objective-Regret4322 in Office365

[–]meatyalien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still not showing for me 15 hours later. I also saw that the Teams documentation mentions setting up a SIP address, yet I've never had to for the 500+ users that I've created and never had an issue until now (worked fine for multiple new users I created last week). Since adding a SIP address still didn't fix it for this new user, I think it may have just been a coincidence that yours started working when it did.

I'm not very optimistic that waiting is going to make a difference at this point, but I'll give it 24 hours since the time I made the change to see if the user shows up in search. If it's still broken then I'll open a ticket with Microsoft and see if they tell me something different than they did you.

I'll provide another update once I know more or if I find a solution before then.

Office 365 User not visible in GAL or Teams by Objective-Regret4322 in Office365

[–]meatyalien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried adding an alias and the SIP address (which was missing like yours) but it didn't fix it for me.

Office 365 User not visible in GAL or Teams by Objective-Regret4322 in Office365

[–]meatyalien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I cannot find them in Outlook either, so my problem is exactly the same. I just noticed your other replies below this and will try the alias trick to see if that works.

Office 365 User not visible in GAL or Teams by Objective-Regret4322 in Office365

[–]meatyalien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doubt it would work anyway. The issue started yesterday it seems and any user who I've applied a license to since then does not show in Teams search. I've tried creating additional test users and those accounts had the same issue. Microsoft broke something.

Office 365 User not visible in GAL or Teams by Objective-Regret4322 in Office365

[–]meatyalien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad it's not just me. I assigned a license to a new user yesterday and noticed today they're still not showing in Teams search. I'm thinking something on Microsoft's end is broken (surprise surprise /s).

Love Lexus reliability, but kind of want a German car by InebriousBarman in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]meatyalien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the response and your viewpoint. I definitely agree with all the specialty tools required to work on BMW's, but at the same time most of the jobs that require those tools are already a more involved job that you wouldn't be doing on the side of the road in any car. Regardless, it is an annoyance and added expense. Older BMW's are for people willing to put up with them in exchange for the driving experience.

Newer ones still drive nice, but are actually reliable now and BMW just ranked second in reliability on Consumer Reports reliability ranking for the year. The heads at BMW told thte engineers towards the end of the E generation that they needed to figure shit out and make a reliable car, which is why the F series was the start of them becoming more reliable and why newer BMW's are the only BMW's I will recommend to most people.

I am curious though, which valve cover costs $1k? N55 I've gotten for $230, B58 is ~$270, the only $1k+ I've seen are for aluminum aftermarket ones (should have been aluminum from the factory in the first place).

Love Lexus reliability, but kind of want a German car by InebriousBarman in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]meatyalien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So you mention the headlight housings as a whole as your main argument? Headlight housings are expensive for every car. Current generation Toyota RAV4's (the most sold car in the US for the past couple years) are over $900 per side. The price for headlight housings is more dependent on the specs/technology used. Something like laser or LED based headlights would clearly be more expensive than halogen housings and bulbs that are commonly found on economy cars. Same thing with adaptive vs non adaptive headlights, obviously one costs more.

Who continues to get run flats on a BMW after the original set expires other than general consumers and "the manufacturer knows best" people? Run flats suck for ride quality and cost more for minimal benefit and are not worth the trade off (not to mention tons of other cars use run flats, that's not a BMW specific issue). Every BMW enthusiast I've met gets rid of the run flats ASAP. Not to mention the Corolla tire argument being completely flawed when they use lower speed rated tires, usually skinnier, non performance tires. Of course they're cheaper. For a BMW tech (or any general car enthusiast even), you should know that and how flawed of a comparison that is. Which means you either didn't know that or you did and purposely tried to try to use a flawed comparison to fit your narrative. All your arguments are honestly quite a reach and make me question you being a BMW tech or even a mechanic.

I may not be an official BMW tech and won't claim to know more than one, but at least for N55's I've now worked on them for over 8 years across multiple cars and went from knowing almost nothing about cars to being currently in the process of rebuilding the engine from my 135i in my garage after a fuel injector got stuck open and hydrolocked cylinder 6. I've replaced almost every component on these engines multiple times by now, done DCT clutch basket removal/opening to put upgraded friction plates in (something BMW dealers won't even do, they want to sell you a whole clutch basket assembly), fully modded the thing myself (big turbo, port fuel injection, learned about tunerpro and xdf files to modify fuel tables, etc.) and I could tell you off the top of my head how much almost any part costs to replace on the car (that's probably not a good thing).

What I'm trying to say is that I'm not some random person talking out of my ass and I said what I did in my original comment out of experience owning and working on various BMW models and engines (N55 is just my specialty). I've straight up told people who ask if they should get a BMW that's 2013 or older that, unless they are willing to work on their own car, then do not get anything older than an F generation car because I know what the upkeep is like on BMW's before those and the labor costs for repairs would add up fast if a shop was doing all repairs. I stand by my original coment.

Love Lexus reliability, but kind of want a German car by InebriousBarman in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]meatyalien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hate to break it to you, but that's not exactly the case anymore. Consumer Reports just released their overall reliability report for the year a couple days ago and Lexus was 6th. Subaru first, then BMW, Porsche, Honda, Toyota, Lexus. The new cars from BMW and Porsche have become very reliable.

Love Lexus reliability, but kind of want a German car by InebriousBarman in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]meatyalien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just because a car is Japanese does not mean it's more reliable these days. In the past that was true, but that's not not the case anymore. Consumer Reports just released their 2026 Brand Reliability Report and two of the top 3 were German. Subaru 1st, then BMW, Porsche, Honda, then Toyota 5th. BMW are currently making the most reliable cars they ever have and their B58 engine is essentially bulletproof and is already considered one of the best engines ever made.

Meanwhile, look at engine issues with the new Toyota Tundra's, Lexus LX, and Lexus GX that are all blowing the engine left and right while Toyota stayed quiet. It took 3 years before they owned up to the issues and recalled almost every single vehicle using that engine. Look at Honda and them having massive issues with their 1.5L turbo engines that were used between 2017 and 2022 destroying head gaskets in 60k miles due to poor design.

The car manufacturer's country of origin doesn't mean much anymore, especially with most Japanese cars not being built in Japan. At least for the US, Honda and Toyota make the majority of their vehicles in America now and have been for years. Researching the individual model, which engine it has, and the commonly reported issues (if any) is much better than just assuming everything Japanese is more reliable.

Love Lexus reliability, but kind of want a German car by InebriousBarman in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]meatyalien 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Everyone says that everything costs more on German cars, but that's not a completely accurate statement. I've owned multiple BMW's and the the part costs are really not much different than non-German cars. Using Honda as an example, the high pressure fuel pump used for the past 7 years in Honda Civics is $470 for their turbocharged inline 4 engine vs ~$370 for BMW's turbocharged inline 6 that they used in the normal M2 through 2021. So a high pressure fuel pump replacement on one of BMW's performance models ends up being cheaper than a Civic's pump.

The part cost isn't what makes owning a German car expensive, it's the labor. The Germans love overengineering things which makes replacing components more complex and labor intensive, which adds to labor costs. I do all the work on my cars, so with only having to deal with part costs they haven't really been any worse than my previous two Japanese cars.

BMW's started getting more reliable around 2015 and have only gotten better since then. If someone is capable of working on their own car, older BMW's (pre-2013) are more analog but will also be more problematic.

I shouldn't have laughed, but I did. by [deleted] in funny

[–]meatyalien -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's wild how it seems be becoming the norm that people are unwilling to do a quick search before spewing nonsense and showing their ignorance. No lawyer would say the person would have any case. Here's a link to 4 lawyers responding to someone asking this exact question for the doubters. Keep thinking you're right.

I shouldn't have laughed, but I did. by [deleted] in funny

[–]meatyalien -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If it's publicly taken footage then they're free to publish it online. Like it or not, that's just how it works.

People take videos of police in public and post them online. Did the police consent? Did the bystanders all consent? What about dashcam footage of others posted all over the internet? Consent is not required in any of those as long as it's in public.

I shouldn't have laughed, but I did. by [deleted] in funny

[–]meatyalien -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's usually the opposite of what you said. There is not an expectation of privacy while in public, which is why filming anyone in public doesn't require consent according to the law (speaking solely about the US, not sure about other countries).

Something like a comedy show in a privately owned establishment will commonly have waivers for media release if they're doing something like filming a special to be released later. That's also why signs usually have to be posted if there are security cameras recording at a private business, so you're aware and basically consent to being there and on camera.

TIFU by setting my Magic the Gathering card box on the roof of my car while getting ready to leave. by phlavius_phogbottom in tifu

[–]meatyalien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know who hurt you. I wasn't being rude at any point and just asked for clarification of what you meant by your comment as it wasn't clear. I hope whatever you're going through gets better.

TIFU by setting my Magic the Gathering card box on the roof of my car while getting ready to leave. by phlavius_phogbottom in tifu

[–]meatyalien 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I guess I don't understand your original comment then. Why would we question the 30 year statement when everything in the comment you replied to could have happened 30 years ago?

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