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Proof That the NSA Puts Trapdoors in Windows

How NSA access was built into Windows

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| A careless mistake by Microsoft programmers has revealed that
| special access codes prepared by the US National Security Agency
| have been secretly built into Windows.
| 
| [...]
| 
| The first discovery of the new NSA access system was made two years
| ago by British researcher Dr Nicko van Someren. But it was only a
| few weeks ago when a second researcher rediscovered the access
| system. With it, he found the evidence linking it to NSA.
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http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/5/5263/1.html

With Windows, the user does not own the operating system (just a license to
use it). Moreover, the US Government is free to access the system whenever
it desires to do so.


Related:

Data Protection Commissioner criticizes search of private PCs online

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| "In the case of a search via the Internet a police officer covertly,
| without the person knowing about it, accesses a person's computer."
| During such an operation he or she might copy data and obtain all
| kinds of personal documents; the police officer was acting as a "state
| hacker," so to speak. Mr. Schaar observed. "Such an approach is in
| conflict with the legal obligation to protect the core of
| individuals' privacy," Mr. Schaar stated emphatically.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/82529/from/rss09


Could Hollywood hack your PC?

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| Congress is about to consider an entertainment industry proposal
| that would authorize copyright holders to disable PCs used for
| illicit file trading.
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http://news.com.com/2100-1023-945923.html


http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/08/14/microsoft-us-spy/

http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/03/04/vista-encrypted-filesystem/

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