** Reply to message from Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 04 May 2008 18:17:30 -0700
> One of the most telling points, IMO, is that it took this long for the > NSA backdoor to come to light. That's very scary. It's probably a > combination of: A) Windows security being so laughably bad that you > don't need the backdoor key and B) Anyone who actually figured it out > kept very, very quiet. I have no trust in ANY Windows Admin period. I've seen a Windows version released on the market and it took more than a year for it to get out that Windows could not run continually for more than 39 days before crashing. That floored me. Then, the WGA crap where Microsoft was collection all kinds of data and sending it out to a server they setup for collecting it. Nobody found that for close to a year after Microsoft slide the update onto all system. Windows Admins just suck so it would not surprise me if you asked three dozen WinMins about the NSA key and only a couple knew about it. I agree that they have crossed the line many times but also understand that doing their job of somehow getting the bad guys is a tricky game of getting to information before people die and/or property damage/stolen/etc. It can be tricky but in this case, personal property search is over the line without cause. Doug -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
