General Discussion

iamthebandfanman

(8,127 posts)

28. just not true. sorry.

Sun Jun 9, 2013, 12:31 PM

Jun 2013

this has been a rumor for over a decade..
infact anti-virus software makers had to address it back in the day because the government came to them and asked them to not make software to detect any backdoor they wished to put on PCs... Symantec , makers of Norton, was the first to give a big middle finger to that idea.. and nothing ever came from it..

its not in the interest of a software maker to intentionally leave backdoors, let alone multiple ones, in standard end users systems. you are making your product faulty and open to attack beyond whomever the door was left for..

Microsoft actually had to address this issue AGAIN (for the 4th time) with the release of windows 7:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141182/Microsoft_denies_it_built_backdoor_in_Windows_7

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

57 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Wake Up Already America!!! NSA Built Back Door In ALL Windows Software by 1999---Long BEFORE 9/11 [View all] kpete Jun 2013 OP

Did not know this. think Jun 2013 #1

With Winsux 95 and 98 everyones box without a firewall was open to the public. L0oniX Jun 2013 #13

And I guarantee the NSA... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2013 #31

You can DOS a weak firewall and crash it. Same with a weak router. L0oniX Jun 2013 #54

Even with one back in the day since so few had any idea how to configure a hardware firewall, Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #53

Port scanners were fun. Old school IRC days. Telnet wide open. Port sniffers. L0oniX Jun 2013 #55

If only they'd had Bin Ladens number. Eddie Haskell Jun 2013 #35

They did, on Zacarias Mousaoui's laptop. Octafish Jun 2013 #42

Yep, what a coincidence. Eddie Haskell Jun 2013 #56

A key doesn't allow other people to alter your OS, it allows your OS to run other software Recursion Jun 2013 #44

Thanks Kpete notadmblnd Jun 2013 #2

You don't "...load unauthorized security services..." without files of some sort. randome Jun 2013 #3

You are naive. n/t nebenaube Jun 2013 #24

+1, n/t RKP5637 Jun 2013 #50

Like I've said before, that horse done left the barn a long time ago. DinahMoeHum Jun 2013 #4

Yeah, and we got dismissed as 'Conspiracy Theorists' when pointing it out. Octafish Jun 2013 #5

Take it a step further with the upcoming XBox One with its Kinect camera/microphone DJ13 Jun 2013 #6

Does it have fecal recognitian ...because it's going to get shit on! L0oniX Jun 2013 #10

DUzy nt longship Jun 2013 #27

And that's likely to just be the beginning. MineralMan Jun 2013 #7

Linux...still safe, I presume. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #18

I have no knowledge of Linux at all, so I have no idea. MineralMan Jun 2013 #36

Actually, if I was looking for a place to put a backdoor, MineralMan Jun 2013 #37

UEFI (nt) Recursion Jun 2013 #46

Well, the NSA very publicly added code to the stock Linux kernel Recursion Jun 2013 #45

ty for that info. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #48

Fear my BSD box ...National Snooping Assholes! L0oniX Jun 2013 #8

Free, Net or Open?? cliffordu Jun 2013 #11

Grub selections: Ubuntu, FreeBSD and Debain L0oniX Jun 2013 #12

Excellent! cliffordu Jun 2013 #14

That's what we are using, says Mr.Dixie dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #20

For me timdog44 Jun 2013 #9

I'm with you. juajen Jun 2013 #19

Short of building your own, timdog44 Jun 2013 #21

How can we use our computers and not use Microsoft? dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #22

+1 ...Open Office or Libre Office is good enough for most people. L0oniX Jun 2013 #23

Ubuntu is sooo easy to install!!! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2013 #51

Not to defend Gates... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2013 #33

Then they have no excuse for sitting idle and accepting a stolen election. Baitball Blogger Jun 2013 #15

ding, ding, ding! nebenaube Jun 2013 #29

LIHOP... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2013 #34

Not trusting the blog. Gore1FL Jun 2013 #16

Suprise, suprise! Ever wonder how all those updates (like java and adobe etc.) get into xtraxritical Jun 2013 #17

actually iamthebandfanman Jun 2013 #25

*facepalm* (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2013 #32

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

just not true. sorry. iamthebandfanman Jun 2013 #28

Here's something ProSense Jun 2013 #38

Don't waste your billh58 Jun 2013 #47

Windows has security issues? ThoughtCriminal Jun 2013 #30

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

Well, first off, that's not how keys work Recursion Jun 2013 #41

Thank you. eggplant Jun 2013 #43

I have suspected for years that my computer is following outside directions at times. kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #49

Most likely that's paging Recursion Jun 2013 #52