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Microsoft Opens Source Code To KGB's Successor Agency

Posted by timothy on from the we'll-trade-for-american-spyware dept.

Jack Spine writes "Microsoft has struck a deal with the Russian government which will give the FSB, successor to the KGB, access to the source code for Windows 7, among other products. The agreement is an extension of Microsoft's Government Security Program, according to a source with links to the UK government."

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  1. In Soviet Russia... by yanyan · · Score: 5, Funny

    I give up. This is too easy.

  2. Re:security holes of releasing source code by roystgnr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, but Russia probably signed the same "We promise to hack Google first" agreement that China did, so from Microsoft's perspective it's win/win.

  3. Successor agency by TrixX · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shouldn't the successor to KGB be called LHC... oh!