We all should be concerned about the privacy settings in Windows 10. And we should be glad that the EU has the regulatory authority to do something about it. Powered by WPeMatico
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The EFF has a good analysis of all the ways Windows 10 violates your privacy. Powered by WPeMatico
In a cautionary tale to those who favor government-mandated backdoors to security systems, Microsoft accidentally leaked the key protecting its UEFI Secure boot feature. As we all know, the problems with backdoors are less the cryptography and more the systems surrounding the cryptography. Powered by WPeMatico
Regin is another military–grade surveillance malware (tech details from Symantec and Kaspersky). It seems to have been in operation between 2008 and 2011. The Intercept has linked it to NSA/GCHQ operations, although I am still skeptical of the NSA/GCHQ hacking Belgian cryptographer Jean-Jacques Quisquater. Powered by WPeMatico