Microsoft Denies Windows 7 Has NSA Backdoor

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well i would worry more about ISP's like at&t spying on your network and accessing drives.. who's to say that the isps dont have a back door they have our password and user account information.. and well microsoft makes you register with a unique cd key via the web witch would provide them with your information and not to mention your ip address. honestly i think these steps have been in place much longer than that most of us thought .. i bet as far back as windows 95 .. or 3.0 ... but then again company privacy policy .. dose not equate to security when big brother is in mind.
 
[citation][nom]djackson_dba[/nom]If you have ever worked with the NSA, you would know that they don't need assistance or compliance.[/citation]

Well, yes, that is also true. But that takes time. NSA has a history of doing things like this. Look up "Lotus Notes".
 
[citation][nom]jellico[/nom]Besides which, if you're really worried, you can always install a 3rd party, whole disk encryption like TrueCrypt or PGP.[/citation]

Yeah, that works perfectly...
Except when the computer is turned on.

 
You got to love paranoia! After reading the original story, I was actually impressed that Microsoft would seek the expertise of the NSA, and it didn't even occur to me that there might be a more sinister aspect of that "partnership". The point is - I don't build bombs, I don't plan assassinations, and I don't think my rights are infringed if the NSA wants to find out what kind of porno I watch. People should stop complaining and focus on the real issues currently affecting Americans (which I am not, btw). Cheers!
 
[citation][nom]El_Capitan[/nom]I want the government to have access to my e-mail, bank accounts, telephone conversations, and record on camera my every move. Wait, they do! I feel so safe.Hey, how come there's a video of me jacking off on youtube?[/citation]
Lol you record yourself jacking off?! That's hot 😉
 
[citation][nom]osmosium[/nom]Well, yes, that is also true. But that takes time. NSA has a history of doing things like this. Look up "Lotus Notes".[/citation]

At one time there was a lot of chatter about this, but I have not seen one single document where someone actually validated the existence of an NSA backdoor into Lotus Notes. Same as with this topic. Lot's of folks talking, but nothing to base it on.

I have access to an old Notes environment if you have something documented you would like to have verified.
 
"falconqc
The problem with conspiracy theorists is that they consider the truth to be only what they believe. If you tell them aliens don't exist they double in their conviction that you are lying to them. Show them proof and they will retort saying its fabricated. No matter what you say, it will always be a cover-up unless it falls in line with what you are saying."

you just described every conversation with a religious person about their religion.
really just replace conspiracy theorists with religious and aliens with god and there you have it.
 
[citation][nom]maestintaolius[/nom]Great, so now I have to wrap my PC in tinfoil too? Oh well, at least it'll match my hat.[/citation]
Good luck catching that next door wifi.
 
[citation][nom]hixbot[/nom]This is exactly the attitude that will turn your free country into a controlled state."Only those who break laws need to worry about surveillance". That is so wrong! What happens IF the gov't one day pushes an unjust law (there are arguably many of those right now). If the state has complete surveillance (which you want), and you break that unjust law, you'll go to jail or worse. Society can't allow their privacy and freedoms to be taken away for paranoia of an overblown threat (terrorism, crime, etc). You can't allow your freedoms to be taken so easily under the ruse of national security. Do you know for sure you nation is insecure? Could it be that the media/gov't and private security companies would use your fears to take your freedoms unchallenged?!It's true that only criminals have anything to fear from surveillance, but what happens when the definition of, criminal, changes? Do you agree with every law?[/citation]

+1
 
I'll put it simple... Some have to be really fumb in order to think MS is so naive and incapable to do bussiness by purposly or not having such a backdoor on their new OS that they so count on gaining some possitive perspective from the consumer after the Vista "Fiasco"... Seriously, if you worry so much about this and consider it possible so lightly I find it childish.

Lets just put it this way. Think of yourselves as bening MS, the possibilities of this being figured out IF was the case and what you would risk and to gain what...? You think MS would really risk going down the hill for NSA or some other "conspiracy" reason? Stop watching movies. Go to the park ppl :)
 
Ummm.. just a tiny note. Hey, you guys do realize that Windows 7 is a WORLDWIDE application. If the NSA created a back door to Windows 7 that means every organization (including governments) around the world would have a security breach. Now.. please tell me, why would our allies or enemies use Windows if this was remotely a fact.

Before anyone says, they wouldn't know about it.. MICROSOFT JUST ANNOUCED that they were working with the NSA. Trust me, we are not the only people on the planet that might be able to find and exploit this if it were true.

I trust the goverment as for as I can throw them, but crazy "I hate microsoft so everything they do is evil" conspiracy are just plain dumb and mentally lazy.

Lastly, Linux is more likely a client for back doors than anything else. Ummmm open source. What keeps the NSA from having someone working for one the publishers to hack an back door into Linux. I know the Linux boys think they are invulnerable.. ha.

There nothing wrong with being a little paranoid, but after that just get your tinfoil hat and sit in the corner.
 
The special decryption key for NTFS is perfectly safe.

I mean, only those in government have access to it, and nobody could pay a government official to do anything unethical.
 
well its not that i have anything to hide more so that its just the whole privacy issue .. really kinda like having a stranger stand out side of your shower stall and sniffing your panties .. lol seriously
 
OK, either NSA.collab=backdoor, or the NSA are completely incompetent. This is the same NSA that gave us DES encryption, which is an absolute joke(or more to the point, easy for them to crack). Linux + EXT3/4 and Truecrypt are your friends, and privacy isn't a bad thing.

Also, Microsoft assured the press that bitlocker encryption "wouldn't be a problem for law enforcement".
 
[citation][nom]maestintaolius[/nom]Great, so now I have to wrap my PC in tinfoil too? Oh well, at least it'll match my hat.[/citation]
If that quote would have been on the front page it would be +20 by now
 
If there was indeed a backdoor, I doubt it would to anything cyber-security related for the NSA. For surveillance of non-hackers, sure. But i can't, for the life of me, imagine a hacker who's good enough to break into government systems, to be running said OS...

...unless the NSA _knows_ their systems are _THAT_ vulnerable...
 
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