Re: [News] China Makes Windows Executable to Spy on Citizens

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Ezekiel wrote:
> SomeBloke wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:54:49 -0400, Ezekiel wrote:
> >
> > <snippage>
> >
> >
> > <quote>
> > "It's not an NSA key so they can secretly install weak cryptography on
> > > the unsuspecting masses," said Schneier. "There are just too many
> > > smarter things they can do to the unsuspecting masses."
> > </quote>
> >
> > That's Windows all over, far too many easily accessible entrypoints into
> > the basic system.
> Yeah... the article is honest and direct and the security experts are
> rightfully harsh on Microsoft. 
>
> Yet these same people who are harsh against Microsoft conclude that there is
> no secret backdoor in Windows which disproves the asinine claim of "several
> NSA backdoors" that exist in Windows.
What if the windows machine is behind a secure router box?


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