Can you believe it? awk inadvertently suggests SS is Stage 3 crazy.
"The real issue is that for many years Germany has used a custom Bios and the switch to UEFI is requiring them to change. It is really an OEM German gov't issue but it is Microsoft requirement that OEM go to UEFI that is forcing timing. But it generates BUZ the NSA stuff is all made up. Might be true for China TPM but not everywhere else I would not suggest trusting a china tpm unless your China Smile"
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Awk posts this article:
"The insanity… by Paul Thurrott (WindowsITPro)
http://tinyurl.com/krr2kw8
Germany jumps the shark, claims Windows 8 is a security risk
And as with any excellent conspiracy theory, the rationale for this claim is so vague as to be pointless. Which, of course didn't stop every tech blog on earth from covering it as if it were legitimate news. Germany's Federal Office for Information Security said in a statement this week that governments and critical infrastructure operators should be leery of Windows 8 because it's use of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) hardware—which was also available in Windows Vista and Windows 7—could result in a "loss of control" of the system's operating system and hardware, though it never explains how or why such a thing could happen. "As a result, new risks occur for users, especially for federal and critical infrastructure." Um, what? "The new mechanisms in use can also be used for sabotage by third parties," it further claimed. "These risks need to be addressed."
Not insane enough? Let's add the NSA to the mix
So, the previous blurb is based on information on a public governmental web site. But if that's not nuts enough, let's turn to the conspiracy theorists to turn things up a notch. Patrick? "The so-called Trusted Computing is a back door for the NSA," a report in the German language Zeit Online claims (at least according to Google Translate). "The operating system contains a back door ... This backdoor is called Trusted Computing and could have the effect that Microsoft can control any computer remotely and control. And thus the NSA." And thus the NSA?? That is a flabbergasting leap of logic, folks. "The user of a trusted computing system loses control of their computer ... Microsoft could decide which programs can be installed on the computer, make already established programs unusable and subsequently help intelligence to control other computers." But let's examine the NSA tie-in just a bit more. "In light of the Snowden revelations it takes little imagination to see TPM 2.0 and Windows 8 as a back door for the NSA, just waiting to be opened." Actually, I think it takes a fairly impressive imagination. And not a little bit of crazy.
Still not insane enough? How about the Chinese?
Ready for Stage 3 Crazy(tm)? This guy adds the Chinese to the mix too. "One must assume that the NSA could compromise the corresponding computer [system], just the way the Chinese [could if] the TPM chip was manufactured in China." I'm sorry. One must assume? Oh boy."
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