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?"
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Speaking of encryption, what if anything do you think about TrueCrypt?
Windows 8 is indeed dangerous - dangerous to productivity if you’re actually trying to anything but tweet, text, or find the latest cat video.
I support them, but they haven’t been developing for a while. I’m not sure if they forked to another tech or if they’ve just abandoned it.
“The CLEARLY did NO comsumer product testing. “
Actually, they did. Sort of. Hundreds of thousands of free advance “preview” copies were downloaded and tested by anyone who wanted to. Universally, almost all of those testers told Microsoft that Metro UI was horrifically awful and that if Microsoft persisted with it, not only would it take down Microsoft, but it would take down the entire PC industry and all of their OEM “partners” as well.
Microsoft ignored ALL of this massive feedback.
And the result is now history.
“His observation was something like “I don’t see why you can’t just roll it all out tonight, after all, it’s still Windows”.
CIOs like this make Dilbert’s boss look like the very quintessence of reasonableness.
“That’s business speak for “WHEN (not if) we outsource your job, it needs to be doable by a recent IIT graduate, with no real world experience...”
“And we expect you to teach them everything you’ve learned [during the last 20 years] in the next two weeks.”
I actually had a boss tell me that one time.
Can I run my CAD programs (which were written for windows) on Linux?No, but you can run Windows_mumble in a VirtualBox in Linux. This works very well, I am using it to run the Atmel Development environment under Windows7. It's pretty slick.
“Actually, they did. Sort of. Hundreds of thousands of free advance “preview” copies were downloaded and tested by anyone who wanted to. Universally, almost all of those testers told Microsoft that Metro UI was horrifically awful and that if Microsoft persisted with it, not only would it take down Microsoft, but it would take down the entire PC industry and all of their OEM “partners” as well.”
What, you’ve never seen the McDonalds cash register interface???
And fo where? All venders apparently play the NSA game.
There was also a big bruhaha in europe back in the day. NSA was able to remotely hack a bunch of systems that had 'promis' software installed. I'd have to dig up details, but it was nasty stuff. There were some german companies (not to mention their government) that were mightily hacked off (so to speak)
You're absolutely right about the trust you have to give CAs. Personally, I strongly suspect that trust is massively misplaced.
Wasn’t Germany also the govt that tried to be first to go to open office? I think they are just spinning the NSA stuff.
Windows server 2012 doesn’t have a GUI...unless you add one
Aaaiieee, my operating system has taken over my computer hardware and software, help, lol.
You know that this line is gobbledygook right? 257885161 − 1 is a quite large prime number (57,885,161 digits). It cannot help you crack someone's message unless they are stupidly using that particular fairly well known (in some circles) prime number.
They have a chip plant that is amazing and they do not use brute force computers to crack codes or messages.
This is a silly assertion completely lacking in evidence.
Offer some proof and perhaps you'll be believed.
need a change of sig.
Remember one thing: it takes just ONE complaint of malfeasance to destroy one of the Class 1 CAs. Trust is something that cannot be in doubt. If Verisign, COMODO, ComSign, DigiCert, Entrust, GeoTrust, etc. etc. EVER got caught handing out their salts or their hashes, they would completely scuttle themselves.
You may or may not remember, but many years ago, COMODO was accused of man-in-the-middle snooping by another CA. It's taken them over a decade to renew their trusts. Some versions of Linux still don't trust COMODO as a root CA.
I use StartCom. They're a small circle-of-trust provider out of Israel. They don't charge for Class A (non-commercial) personal certificates, and they've got excellent customer service. I highly recommend them.
can TPM be uninstalled?
Understood. Microsoft intelligently went to Core for their defaults, but even that's hacking off a lot of infrastructure managers.
Me personally, the smaller the risk footprint, the better. Microsoft may have done one thing right in doing this, but I'll still always default to Ubuntu Server.
In older systems where TPMs were considered "add on modules," like my ASUS mobo, they can be removed.
In newer systems, most manufacturers are soldering the chips to the mainboard. If this is the case, then no, you're not likely able to remove it.
My recommendation to anyone buying a new machine, either ask the mfg. to install Linux by default, meaning the TPM will be under your control only, or see if they'll give you a "downgrade" to Windows 7.
The key I'm trying to impress upon all of the tech savvy and not-so-tech-savvy FReepers is not to fear the TPM, but understand it. It's actually VERY cool tech if you can control it yourself. It virtually assures that your data is safe if your machine is every stolen or confiscated. It's a digital combination lock that can't be opened with bolt cutters.
And if you're finding yourself behind bars because you're refusing to give your password to authorities so that they can snoop your system, you've got much bigger problems than your 4th and 5th amendment rights being violated. Matter of fact, there was a case recently where an alleged child pornographer was allowed to walk because he refused to reveal the password to his encrypted disks:
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