M$ Helps Feds Swipe Your Data
jayjwa
Reason #2,592 to not use Windows: Microshaft makes it real easy for
the spooks to snoop around your system.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2004379751_msftlaw29.html
"The COFEE, which stands for Computer Online Forensic Evidence
Extractor, is a USB "thumb drive" that was quietly distributed to a
handful of law-enforcement agencies last June. Microsoft General
Counsel Brad Smith described its use to the 350 law-enforcement
experts attending a company conference Monday.
The device contains 150 commands that can dramatically cut the time it
takes to gather digital evidence, which is becoming more important in
real-world crime, as well as cybercrime. It can decrypt passwords and
analyze a computer's Internet activity, as well as data stored in the
computer.
It also eliminates the need to seize a computer itself, which
typically involves disconnecting from a network, turning off the power
and potentially losing data. Instead, the investigator can scan for
evidence on site.
More than 2,000 officers in 15 countries, including Poland, the
Philippines, Germany, New Zealand and the United States, are using the
device, which Microsoft provides free."
Would M$ bite the hand that feeds it? If it was profitable, of course:
"Smith acknowledged Microsoft's efforts are not purely altruistic. It
benefits from selling collaboration software and other technology to
law-enforcement agencies, just like everybody else, he said."
It just confirms what we (and the Chinese Gov.) already knew: if you
want your data to be safe and/or private, don't stick it on Windows.
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[** America, the police state **]
Whoooose! What's that noise? Why, it's US citizen's
rights, going down the toilet with Bush flushing.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/27/bush_nsa_internal/
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2007/08/wiretap
http://www.hermes-press.com/police_state.htm
http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd%5B347%5D=x-347-559597
ml2mst
Well, these two articles are outdated, but still worth reading:
Forget about the WGA! 20+ Windows Vista Features and Services Harvest
User Data for Microsoft - From your machine!
Is Your Copy of Windows Vista Secretly Connecting to the Internet?
- Here is how you can find out...
Cheers
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jayjwa
Excellent. Amazes me anyone uses Microcrap at all.
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Protect? [** America, The Police State **] Serve?
http://www.hermes-press.com/police_state.htm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/27/bush_nsa_internal/
http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd%5B347%5D=x-347-559597
http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2008/07/04/electric-shock-for-air-passengers/
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