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Friday, August 23, 2013

Germany Warns Windows 8 Is Dangerous – Is Microsoft A Giant Short?

I reported that Windows 8 was dangerous. Some wrote to argue I was wrong. I wrote whyNASA announced it was dumping Windows 8 and that even Skype should not be used. Microsoft has been criticized for the Prism affair. Now appears that Windows 8 is especially dangerous. The German government warns against Microsoft program because it has the ability to control the hardware and software of the computer. The NSA can enter you computer remotely. Has Microsoft created economic suicide?

http://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/2013/08/21/nsa-ueberwachung-bundesregierung-warnt-vor-massivem-sicherheitsrisiko-bei-windows-8/

Many laptops are now pre-installed with Windows 8 sold or delivered. The new program from Microsoft is not very successful, but is heavily promoted. Even companies that German authorities and the federal government, for example, will gradually work with this operating system. But here there are significant security vulnerabilities.

To warn IT experts before the federal program and refer to it as dangerous. There was a gap in Windows 8, which is a high security risk, reports the time with reference to documents of the Federation. This refers to the so-called Trusted Computing. A technology with about Microsoft may access the hardware and software of the computer operated with Windows 8. And thus the NSA, finally there is a very close cooperation between them ( here ).

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