Someone leaked Microsoft Keys

[Georgi Guninski]

On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 11:19:28PM +0000, jim bell wrote:
> http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microsoft-accidentally-leaks-golden-keys-that-unlock-every-windows-device-1575542?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous/news&yptr=yahoo
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As I read it, "key" is metaphor and not in the crypto sense.
Is this right?

This is supported by the linked description of the screwups and by
theregister description: "m$ _attempts_ to fix design flaw".