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Microsoft helps police bypass security in Windows
The device was apparently rolled out to a handful of police forces in June last year and is being used by over 2,000 officers in 15 countries. According to the Seattle Times, it has over 150 commands, including the ability to check surfing history, decrypt some passwords, log hard drive activity and map hard drives – all without shutting down the computer and risk losing evidence. Though I’m all for putting an end to stuff like child pornography and scams on the internet, one can’t help but worry that this technology would be a little problematical in the wrong hands.
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I want one...
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Cool I just found this software out on a torrent. Now I will be unstoppable..Mwwwahhh
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But it's a Microsoft product, so we know it's un-hackable and will never fall into the wrong hands......right?
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Microsoft, Security??? What security? You dont need no special tool from Microsoft to bypass the so called secure "features" of XP, Vista or any other MS release.So who really use their low encryption or belive a windows password is woth anything?Thats why u use a third party encryption tool, never MS own.. what a joke
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The next step will be trying to get around the 3rd party security measures. Big brother has always wanted to spy on the citizenry. Remember what they did to Phil Zimmermann?
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