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  • From: Scott Russell <scottrus AT ipass.net>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: granting access to user data?
  • Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 09:04:53 -0400


On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 08:53:38AM -0400, Beth Ellison wrote:
>
> "Among the arguments in favor of Linux: reports that some versions of
> Windows contain backdoors designed to grant the U.S. National Security
> Agency access to users' data."
>
> Does anyone know anything more about this? That's some spooky shit.

I've heard this one floating around since the NT 4.0 days. There was some
incident, that I don't remember well at all now, about a year before W2K hit
the streets that started this off. A good deal of speculation mixed with
just enough fact to get everyone excited.

Of course, the real interesting part is that anyone who hears this actually
*thinks* that it's possibly true. That speaks volumes about how much the
general technical community trusts MS.

--
Scott




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