Microsoft Gave FBI Keys To Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flaw
They don’t want you to be able to use encryption they can’t control.
Tbf they literally tell you that your keys will be uploaded…
I dunno that “they’re open about it” makes it any better
Doesn’t it? You get the option to use it knowing its got extra security against hackers, but no security against Microsoft or state actors who can demand the keys.
When you live in a police/surveillance state, you’re a fool to fear criminals more than the government.
Introduce mandatory signatures for driver files, they said. It’s so safe, it’s for your protection against viruses - they said. Keys can always be revoked from unscrupulous developers - they said. It will never be used to fight opensource, they said. It will never be a tool against inconvenient CIA applications - they said.
Why the fuck would any of those organizations still being using Microsoft to begin with?
These were the developer accounts to sign their software to run on Windows
I don’t understand why they are signing it. I mean we know that Microsoft is hostile, why submit to their signing bullshit.
The more you normalise bad behaviour the worse it gets.
Signing it verifies that the software was made by company that it says it was. It’s a method to avoid installing fake or malicious software.
It is on its face a good thing, with the major caveat being who is in charge of who gets to sign what.
