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German Government Warns Windows 8 Is an Unacceptable Security Risk

Posted by timothy on from the nicht-ganz-recht dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Die Zeit has access to leaked documents from the German government warning that Windows 8 is an unacceptable security risk for sensitive workloads. The story is written in German here, but automatic translators (such as Google Translate) do a readable job. Particularly of concern is the inability to opt out of TPM 2.0 usage."

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  1. This is known by ciderbrew · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows has always been a Security Risk.
    Danke.

  2. Re:Not just Win8 by LQ · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had a nickle for every time they told me they didnt know how their own software works I'd be richer than Bill Gates

    If it takes them 10 secs to say that, and Bill Gates has 50 billion dollars, it would take you 16000 years to get that rich.

  3. Oblig Blackadder quote by Cryacin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Have you seen any suspicious operating systems? Nein! I mean... 8!

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    Science advances one funeral at a time- Max Planck
    1. Re:Oblig Blackadder quote by IwantToKeepAnon · · Score: 4, Funny

      Have you seen any suspicious operating systems? Nein! I mean... 8!

      How many planets are there? Nine! I mean... 8!

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      "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." -- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
  4. Re:Not just Win8 by roc97007 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thank you, Sheldon.

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    Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: If you're seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it.