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Microsoft Discloses Government Backdoor on Windows Operating Systems

April 30th, 2008


Microsoft may have inadvertently disclosed a potential Microsoft backdoor for law enforcement earlier this week. To explain this all, here is the layman term of a backdoor from Wikipedia:

A backdoor in a computer system (or cryptosystem or algorithm) is a method of bypassing normal authentication, securing remote access to a computer, obtaining access to plaintext, and so on, while attempting to remain undetected. The backdoor may take the form of an installed program (e.g., Back Orifice), or could be a modification to an existing program or hardware device.

According to an article on PC World:

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The articles two months old but still relevant. I haven't heard this anywhere else...did anyone see this before?

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This is the first I have heard anything like this, but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised, if it isn't at least true in part.