Microsoft bending over to allow NSA backdoor access to Windows 8

August 24, 2013

By Johannes Hemmerlein [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) is uneasy about a built in backdoor that would allow Microsoft to remotely access Windows 8 PCs and tablets through Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology.

The leaked documents add to Snowden’s exposure that Microsoft is bending over backwards to help NSA bypass encryption mechanisms and the mounting body of evidence against NSA’s wholesale invasion of privacy such as their unlimited access to all skype calls.

Coverage: reuters, rt, zeit online, pc world, technobuffalo

Information about Edward Snowden: Wikipedia

Information about the original Snowden leak: The Guardian

Written by Weekly News Summary Posted in August 2013, Week Ending 25th August 2013 Tagged with Microsoft, NSA, Prism, Snowden, TPM, Windows 8