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German Government Warns Windows 8 Is an Unacceptable Security Risk
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."
I have programming friends that applaud Visual Studio, so I'm not sure if other professionals share your hatred.
The only reason that I can think that an open source OS would be more secure than Windows is because of obscurity. That's to say it's not safer because it intrinsically better programmed, but because it's not popular enough to warrant as many people trying to find exploits in it. The only OS I would give that award to is whatever Kaspersky is cooking up.
It is insecure because you have to use TPM and can't opt out. So it's not you defininig the security parameters, it's Microsoft. And the agencies sitting in Microsoft's back and dictating the rules.
But this is patently untrue (if we care about facts), you can opt out.
The TPM is going into the CPU. You will not be able to opt out. It's a fact. It will still be in there. Do you really believe there won't be a way to turn it on and use it against you? And if so, on what basis? By the very specification, you are not permitted to be in charge of your own hardware. That is unacceptable to say the least.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
What Linux tablet market?
Suggesting that Android or iOS is a Linux tablet is stupid. Both those companies co-opted a *nix based OS and turned it into their own proprietary OS and have just as many security flaws as any other OS. Hell, Microsoft is a bigger contributor to Linux then Google is.
I haven't thought of anything clever to put here, but then again most of you haven't either.
I don't really care - for the wast majority of computing users around the world, Windows is an option, not an requirement.
I howehawtedwee agwee. Now, If onwy we couwld do something abouwt that wascally wabbit!