The only place your are safe from the NSA.
"Explosive, for example, the fact that the secret key generated during the manufacturing process, external to the chip and then transferred into the chip. Here it is trivial to produce a copy of all keys. It is not excluded that such laws exist and this must not be reported. The TPM chip is a dream for the NSA. Also, the other realistic scenario is that the TPM manufacturers do not sit in the range of the NSA but in China, can not really calm down. ”"
had to check for the humor tag
i mean, seriously. do users think operating systems are magic?
what do you think an OS does if not control the hardware and software??
Care to expand on that? I have a TPM in my machine. A TPM is an encryption device that creates a unique hash based on the configuration of the hardware in the system. That hash is 1024-bit (or longer) and is impossible to crack in any realistic or near-term time frame. If you enable the TPM with a unique password, it's more secure than any certificate or password ever could be.
Microsoft doesn't take over the TPM. The TPM is user-addressable but useless without the hardware its plugged into. Windows 8 takes over the EFI boot system, meaning you can't dual-boot your machine. That's it.
I run Linux myself. I have a Win7 machine for gaming, but I'll never upgrade to Win8. This is a bit more hysterical than technical. The BANE of the NSA is someone who uses a TPM properly. Most people don't realize they have a TPM installed in their machine. It's a personal encryption system if you know how to activate and utilize it.
I've purchased my last MS OS, switching to Linux Mint.
The obvious translation is bad (hard to read).
If I understand correctly, Windows 8 comes complete with an extra part that makes remote control of the machine possible whether the device is on or off? The implication here is that this has been incorporated to better assist NSA spying. I’m sure (maybe not so sure) that, if true, Microsoft must have had other intentions for the “upgrade”. But those are not mentioned.
Microsoft is not advertising, “Let’s help the government prevent terrorism by helping themselves to all your data.” The financial suicide angle discredits the piece even if there is some validity to the claim.
I don’t doubt that Microsoft and their lobbying efforts have yielded some sack time with the devil (government). There must be more facts and info about this beyond why the German Government won’t be using Windows 8 in order to hamper NSA Spying efforts.
The only place your are safe from the NSA.
I stopped using Skype, even before the Snowden fiasco, as there was an FR article I read sometime ago that MS provided the courts with info of a Skype user w/o a warrant. When we speak to our employees in the Philippines, they use Viber and we sort of started using it.
Dave: Hello, HAL. Do you read me, HAL? HAL: Affirmative, Dave. I read you. Dave: Open the pod bay doors, HAL. HAL: I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that........
My laptop died months ago and Dells stuck W8 on it as with all the others, it is terrible.
Windows 7 was a major fix to Visa, now windows 8 is crap again
Because of its touch screen features even in non-touch the screen platforms like mine its seems to be haunted as it opens and closes windows and moves the cursor when you dont want it too, and explorer gives me endless suspicious popups .
telling you to dowload new versions of programs at link provided.
Its very difficult to tell what is going on as it was designed for a 5 year old.
McFee says everythings fine.
I have been a software engineer for over 20 years
Microsoft 8 is the first product that made me want to get violent.
Imagine if you were a garage mechanic and when you showed up for work tomorrow your boss said you had to keep getting everything done but we took all your tools and you only this hammer and this screwdriver to work with.
They were ABSOLUTE IDIOTS when they released this pice of crap.
The CLEARLY did NO comsumer product testing. NONE~!
If they had given this to a room full of secretaries and business people and said “go do what you normally do at work” they would have had people throwing chairs at them in a half an hour.
Then... when you get stuck buyin this crapware and hate it, they tell you that you can BUY a previous version of Windows 7- but you have to BUY an ‘upgrade’ to windows 8 that will let you remove it, so you can install Windows 7
I am surprised the stock has not already nose-dived
I loathe, dispose, hate, and f*rt in the general direction of Microsoft.
Always have.
Always will.
Gate’s only talent was that he was a very good crook.
The French police are apparently switching all their PC’s over to Ubuntu Linux.
I’ve always preferred to use Windows. But I must say, Windows 8 is their worst product yet. And the 8.1 update really does nothing to fix it.
I’m sticking with Windows 7, and hoping that they get their act together before this computer gives out.
The NSA controversy may have killed Silicon Valley.
Not just Windows 8. They can get into your computer no matter what you’re using.
The window is closing on Windows. I hear the question being asked already. What is Windows? Was that a browser?
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Ping to read later - thanks for posting, aMPU!
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