Wow, I really think conspiracy theorists are mostly humorous. When I first read a similar article, I sniffed and chortled. It sounded so far fetched — plus the Web site it was posted on had pictures of aliens skulking around Area 51.<\/p>\n
But then I saw a similar post on more, shall we say, reputable sites, and just a few minutes ago, I saw it on PC World’s Web site. Well, I’m not going to wait around and be scooped by the Wall Street Journal or Fox News! I’m going to share this will you and get your opinion.<\/p>\n
I have accused Microsoft of doing many stupid things, especially releasing a one-size-fits-all operating system like Windows 8. Those kinds of things usually end up fitting no one, and Windows 8 seems to please very few.<\/p>\n
But if this article is true, this makes Microsoft the biggest bunch of boneheads since The Three Stooges, but at least they did for laughs. Microsoft’s reputation is less than stellar now, are they intentionally trying make their ship sink more quickly. Are they seeking a quicker, more painless death? Or do they figure they’ll run the ship aground and get a government bailout like GM did — so they’re cozying up to the U.S. Government by playing footsies with the NSA.<\/p>\n
Anyway, you tell us what you think. Would Microsoft ever be this stupid?<\/p>\n
Read this and let us know what you think. This is an excerpt from PC World:<\/p>\n
“The German Government is now deeply suspicious that the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology built into a growing number of Windows 8 PCs and tablets is creating a gigantic back door for NSA surveillance, leaked documents have suggested.<\/em><\/p>\n
Documents from the German Ministry of Economic Affairs obtained by German title Zeit Online uncover the alleged unease of officials at the direction of version 2.0 of the standard being developed under the auspices of the multi-vendor Trusted Computing Group (TCG).<\/em><\/p>\n
TPM has been marketed as a security technology since its appearance in 2006, but version 2.0 would embed a chip on every PC that has complete control over which programs can and can\u2019t run, a setting that can\u2019t be over-ridden under Windows 8. The chip is also where the cryptographic data is stored for Windows BitLocker and it enables remote administration.<\/em><\/p>\n
Windows 8 security going forward will be founded on TPM 2.0 and the ability to access or break it would be of huge value to any intelligence service…”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Read the rest of the article<\/a> <\/span><\/strong>and then come back and tell us what you think.<\/p>\n
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