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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: BikerDude on June 06, 2014, 07:33:06 AM

Title: China say MS Windows steals personal info
Post by: BikerDude on June 06, 2014, 07:33:06 AM
When it comes to stealing personal information I'd say China has some mad skill.
Chinese government has banned MS Windows in all Government facilities because they say it is stealing information.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2348456/china-lambasts-windows-8-saying-it-steals-data (http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2348456/china-lambasts-windows-8-saying-it-steals-data)

http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2014/06/20140606_me_the_cool_war_with_china_is_unseen_but_comes_with_consequences.mp3?dl=1 (http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2014/06/20140606_me_the_cool_war_with_china_is_unseen_but_comes_with_consequences.mp3?dl=1)
Title: Re: China say MS Windows steals personal info
Post by: DigitalBuddha on June 06, 2014, 06:52:52 PM
The Chinaman is the issue here, dudes. Wow, China worried about personal information being stolen; now that's a new twist!
Title: Re: China say MS Windows steals personal info
Post by: Yeti on June 07, 2014, 01:29:21 AM
This tells me that the Chicoms have finally figured out that the NSA compromised Windows. Yawn.
Title: Re: China say MS Windows steals personal info
Post by: meekon5 on June 08, 2014, 04:44:07 AM
And actually I don't understand why this has become a major story Windows has been doing this to the rest of us for decades now.

Quote from: Yeti on June 07, 2014, 01:29:21 AM
This tells me that the Chicoms have finally figured out that the NSA compromised Windows. Yawn.

Exactly.
Title: Re: China say MS Windows steals personal info
Post by: jdurand on June 08, 2014, 08:07:57 PM
I wonder if Linux is also compromised.  True, I can look at source code but I install pre-made debian packages and have no proof they came from that source.  For that matter, there's non-open-source drivers for pretty much all computers (rare exceptions).