[kictanet] Is Windows 8 a Trojan horse for the NSA? The German Government thinks so

[Conrad Akunga]

This ship has already sailed. How many of our mobile networks and infrastructure is running on Chinese software and hardware?

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On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can you imagine the kind of power one government (put any country of your
> choice here) would have if they managed to put a backdoor to every server
> out there, either in other governments' servers or those of critical
> installations or major corporations? Just forget about the technology for a
> moment. That would be a powerful country. They would get to know what your
> plans are before you think about executing them, and ofcourse plan counter
> moves. They would steal your industry blue prints and beat you to the
> product. They would always be one step ahead. Sound familiar?
> The most important strategy is to know yourself and to know your enemy.
> "Knowledge is power" has never been so relevant.
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Paul Roy Owino <roykoikai at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  Smart one S.M. 😃
>>
>> Sent from my Windows Phone
>>  ------------------------------
>> From: S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya at gmail.com>
>> Sent: ‎26/‎08/‎2013 4:12 PM
>> To: Paul Roy <roykoikai at gmail.com>
>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Is Windows 8 a Trojan horse for the NSA? The
>> German Government thinks so
>>
>> If we worry about 200 Million Windows 8.1 PCs (by 2015) how about 1
>> Billion mobile devices running Android by 2015?
>>
>> Blessings
>>
>> Murigi / Stanley Muraya
>>
>> *"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one
>> who takes a city." Prov 16:32*
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The German Government is now deeply suspicious that the Trusted Platform
>>> Module (TPM) technology built into a growing number of Windows 8 PCs and
>>> tablets is creating a gigantic back door for NSA surveillance, leaked
>>> documents have suggested.
>>>
>>> Documents from the German Ministry of Economic Affairs obtained by
>>> German title *Zeit Online*<http://www.zeit.de/digital/datenschutz/2013-08/trusted-computing-microsoft-windows-8-nsa/seite-1>uncover the alleged unease of officials at the direction of version 2.0 of
>>> the standard being developed under the auspices of the multi-vendor Trusted
>>> Computing Group (TCG).
>>>
>>> TPM has been marketed as a security and Digital Rights Management (DRM)
>>> technology since its appearance in 2006, but version 2.0 would embed a chip
>>> on every PC that has complete control over which programs can and can’t
>>> run, a setting that can’t be over-ridden under Windows 8. The chip is also
>>> where the cryptographic data is stored for Windows BitLocker and it enables
>>> remote administration.
>>>
>>> Please read more here<http://news.techworld.com/security/3465259/is-windows-8-trojan-horse-for-nsa-german-government-thinks-so/#tk.nl_win>
>>>
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>>> Kind Regards,
>>> Evans Ikua,*
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> Kind Regards,
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