Posted on 08/22/2013 8:19:40 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
"I reported that Windows 8 was dangerous. Some wrote to argue I was wrong. I wrote why NASA announced it was dumping Windows 8 and that even Skype should not be used. Microsoft has been criticized for the Prism affair."
"Now appears that Windows 8 is especially dangerous. The German government warns against Microsoft program because it has the ability to control the hardware and software of the computer. The NSA can enter you computer remotely. Has Microsoft created economic suicide?"
(Excerpt) Read more at armstrongeconomics.com ...
Thanks. Found it.
Now what can I do with it?
“Do you honestly believe they’re going to waste time trying to crack a TPM key to get into your computer to find out what porn your looking at?”
My understanding of the article is that the key is given to them so they do not have to crack it.
The NSA controversy may have killed Silicon Valley.
bump
Interesting. If someone wanted to destroy the American Capitalist System seems like taking out Microsoft and Apple and Google and Facebook would be an good start.
Things that make you go Hmmmmmm....
My main complaint is that XP has the familiar file search dialog (window like) box that is easy to use with lots of useful features, W7 has a moron text search box with one or two cryptic controls, and you have to do a full filename search before it gives you a 'search for text inside file' option. . I hate it.
but W7 (and W8) have a built in recorder so you can create audio files from the speaker sound lines, great for recording songs from online stations.
W8 is even LESS control friendly and more idiot appealing I suppose, and like Rusty notes it does stuff you dont want it to.
I try to move a window out of the way of another (to see both) with cursor and it maximizes it on its own blocking all the others, about five times before it does what I want..
Its like a gun that goes off based on sounds.
Try upgrading a thousand computers with hundreds of custom applications (and god knows how many private things people sneak in behind the techies backs).
You must know that MS will not be supporting XP any longer.
So they must all be upgraded, I think they call it ‘rebuilt’.
That would be a huge chore but at least you are employed and needed.
You ever think of a IA (cyber attack protection) degree to add to your work experience? Its gold.
They probably did make the switch by now. I’m glad I wasn’t there when they did.
The primary purpose is for drive encryption. I have an encrypted partition on my hard drive to which I save personal data such as bank statements, pay stubs, tax documents, etc. I also have my Firefox profile pointed to it, so if the Feds wanted to see where I’ve been browsing from my hard drive, they’d have to decrypt it first.
You can also use it to generate self-signed certificates for email non-repudiation and signing.
Unless, of course, there’s a designed in way for NSA (or the PLA) to get a copy of the key, in which case it takes them a couple milliseconds to retrieve a copy of your key and decrypt everything you send.
And the PLA is not going to allow a Chinese fab to make chips without a back door, either.
Not even then: The Ken Thompson Hack.
Don’t you worry your little head about it.
If they need to find pr0n or seditious activities on your computer, they will.
Prove they didn’t...
The article says the manufacturer has a copy of all the preloaded keys for TPM chips. So that might be a wee bit compromising.
Not just Windows 8. They can get into your computer no matter what you’re using.
vista was such crap that the updrade from vista to W7 didnt require a rebuild.
I did it myself and most applications still worked fine, and I am not an IT person....just a layman
But I am told that XP to W7 is a rebuild which is like starting over, much work.
Here’s now far gone I am - I believe every computer sold has one child porn picture hidden on it somewhere.
With enough pressure from The Holder, the keyholders are every bit (and byte) as trustworthy and pure as the driven Snowden...
The window is closing on Windows. I hear the question being asked already. What is Windows? Was that a browser?
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