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In reply to the discussion: Wake Up Already America!!! NSA Built Back Door In ALL Windows Software by 1999---Long BEFORE 9/11 [View all]cliffordu
(30,994 posts)11. Free, Net or Open??
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Wake Up Already America!!! NSA Built Back Door In ALL Windows Software by 1999---Long BEFORE 9/11 [View all]
kpete
Jun 2013
OP
Even with one back in the day since so few had any idea how to configure a hardware firewall,
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#53
A key doesn't allow other people to alter your OS, it allows your OS to run other software
Recursion
Jun 2013
#44
You don't "...load unauthorized security services..." without files of some sort.
randome
Jun 2013
#3
Take it a step further with the upcoming XBox One with its Kinect camera/microphone
DJ13
Jun 2013
#6
Then they have no excuse for sitting idle and accepting a stolen election.
Baitball Blogger
Jun 2013
#15
Suprise, suprise! Ever wonder how all those updates (like java and adobe etc.) get into
xtraxritical
Jun 2013
#17
Yes, the polite programs "ask" do you think they must? You Inet connection is wide open.
xtraxritical
Jun 2013
#57
It's been inexcusable for a long time. Glad people are finally paying attention to it.
villager
Jun 2013
#26
And the NSA will happily use that intentional that back-door in windows............
wandy
Jun 2013
#39
And that is why US is so easily hacked by China et al.. We opened the door with privatizers!
CarmanK
Jun 2013
#40
I have suspected for years that my computer is following outside directions at times.
kestrel91316
Jun 2013
#49