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Yes that’s right, big brother wants a backdoor in your operating system even MORE of a reason to use Open Source alternatives that we can audit ourselves eh?<\/p>\n
There has been talk of such things in the past, US government backdoors in common cryptography algorithms and now talks of backdoors in the most popular OS in the world.<\/p>\n
Windows Vista is due to be rolled out later this year. Cambridge academic Ross Anderson told MPs it would mean more computer files being encrypted.<\/p>\n
He urged the government to look at establishing “back door” ways of getting around encryptions.<\/p>\n
The Home Office later told the BBC News website it is in talks with Microsoft.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yes, it bothers me.<\/p>\n
Professor Anderson said people were discussing the idea of making computer vendors ensure “back door keys” to encrypted material were made available.<\/p>\n
The Home Office should enter talks with Microsoft now rather than when the system is introduced, he said.<\/p>\n
He said encryption tools generally were either good or useless.<\/p>\n
“If they are good, you either guess the password or give up,” he said. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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