The same computer technology which can offer security, and privacy of
thought, can also be subverted to provide Orwell-ian "1984" covert
surveillance to government, employer, and family members.
FBI keystroke wiretap technology,
and break-in (with warrant) to place tap devices
How NSA access was
built into Windows - Microsoft ships undisclosed
NSA 'backdoor' keying - from:
Original link
The initial inadvertently leaked symbol nomenclature of the 'NSA' key
could simply have been a slip-up by a coder in describing an RSA type
asymmetric keying setup. The presence of multiple public keys in a
series is an element for formal external key management and revocation
support, and no longer can be 'explained away' with 'arm waving.'
Microsoft has asserted the right to access (using an unrestricted
'Administrator' rights account), audit all programs (which programs
can record, bypass and evade all passwords, keying and
other attempts at access control), and therefore view and copy
offsite all data, and to
remotely disable what it alone determines
to be unauthorized software and installations, with a 'contract of
adhesion' forced 'consent' in a mandatory security 'update'.
Is Microsoft Licensing
Forcing Banks to Break The Law? - from:
Original link
The federal healthcare 'HIPAA'
requirements, and the federal
banking
'Gramm-Leach-Bliley
Act of 2001' each forbid
external party control or access to sensitive personal
medical record and treatment, and personal financial
data, respectively.
The 'update' and disablement capabilities, through an
permit anonymous, unreviewable and un-controllable access
to such data to parties able to penetrate the encoding
mechanism.
... and ...
Unfortunately, Microsoft has shipped code which permits anonymous
third-parties to use an ActiveX control (which control accompanies
EVERY current Microsoft offering), to bypass all security controls. See:
here. See
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-065
here dated November 20, 2002
