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China Prepares To Examine MS Windows Code
Stargoat writes "CNet reports that China is looking into MS's source code for Windows. They are looking both to increase security as well as perhaps create a Chinese version of Linux. Or are they perhaps concerned with rumors of deliberate holes left in the software for the NSA to exploit?" Here's an earlier Slashdot post about the Microsoft-China agreement.
I might as well close up shop for a couple weeks while they are doing this... God knows the viruses and worms that will come out as a result! (joke)
...when curiousity or questioning turns to psychotic paranoia where every dot on the wall is a secretly installed camera...
Uh, I think you're taking this a wee bit too far. The comments you are referring to are completely valid *and* have proof or are at least very possible (not some spy vs. spy fiction).
Truth is, as I understand it, Microsoft DID plant an NSA key. Microsoft HAS provided patches that do more than what they say. Microsoft would LIKE to see DRM everywhere and therefore have complete control over what we can do with our files. Microsoft IS a convicted monopolist. Gates DID lie during the court case.
So what's your problem again?
You mean like the international 'laws' that delivered sanctions (and supposedly consequences) upon Iraq? Yeah, we saw how well that worked out.
Saddam didn't attack his neighbors, and nobody could prove so far that he supported "international terrorism" during that time (or whatever you want to call it, the elites in some neighboring countries are much better at that anyway). In addition, the inspections revealed what was still left of Saddam's arsenal, since nothing spectacular showed up after the US-led invasion.
As far as I can tell, the sanctions were quite effective, within the stated goals.