From eugen@leitl.org Fri Aug 23 07:49:13 2013 From: Eugen Leitl To: cypherpunks@lists.cpunks.org Subject: [cryptopolitics] Is Windows 8 a Trojan horse for the NSA? The German Government thinks so Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 13:49:10 +0200 Message-ID: <20130823114910.GT29404@leitl.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============5630200129435639206==" --===============5630200129435639206== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Forwarded message from Jeffrey Walton ----- Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 21:05:28 -0400 From: Jeffrey Walton To: Cryptopolictics Mailing List Subject: [cryptopolitics] Is Windows 8 a Trojan horse for the NSA? The German= Government thinks so Reply-To: noloader(a)gmail.com http://news.techworld.com/security/3465259/is-windows-8-trojan-horse-for-nsa-= german-government-thinks-so/ 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-w= indows-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 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=E2=80=99t run, a setting that can=E2= =80=99t be over-ridden under Windows 8. The chip is also where the cryptographic data is stored for Windows BitLocker and it enables remote administration. ... _______________________________________________ cryptopolitics mailing list cryptopolitics(a)randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptopolitics ----- End forwarded message ----- --=20 Eugen* Leitl leitl http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://ativel.com http://postbiota.org AC894EC5: 38A5 5F46 A4FF 59B8 336B 47EE F46E 3489 AC89 4EC5 --===============5630200129435639206==--