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I don't really know what to think about this. On the one hand if all they did was help test security then there is no problem and it's logical that Microsoft would try to get help with that, especially if they also asked other organizations.

However if the NSA helped coding the security system then it's just ****ed up... Guess it's a matter of trust in this matter, but it certainly does not make me happy to know this.

Originally posted by Fishy
I don't really know what to think about this. On the one hand if all they did was help test security then there is no problem and it's logical that Microsoft would try to get help with that, especially if they also asked other organizations.

However if the NSA helped coding the security system then it's just ****ed up... Guess it's a matter of trust in this matter, but it certainly does not make me happy to know this.

I look at it this way

Why would the NSA need to make Microsoft computers less secure?

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
I look at it this way

Why would the NSA need to make Microsoft computers less secure?

Less secure doesn't have any use, a back door into the system for them however would be very useful.

Originally posted by Fishy
Less secure doesn't have any use, a back door into the system for them however would be very useful.

when the standard OS for most of the world can be broken into by any script kiddy with highspeed, backdoors are kind of extraneous

Oh no they're going to see all of my totally legal porn now, damn it.

but they'll see the gay porn too...........and make fun of you!

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
when the standard OS for most of the world can be broken into by any script kiddy with highspeed, backdoors are kind of extraneous

Not that easy, besides every tool they use to hack can get noticed and be traced back to them. Virus Scanners and what not can also help to trace them, and that is the last thing the NSA would want. However a back door that would give them full access to any system out there would provide them with a quick fast and easy way into every system out there.