Microsoft Helps Police Crack Your Computer

[Ben]

On a similar note:  OSL at MS has a pdf article on using Linux to
recover data from Windows.  Nothing too new in terms of info (albeit a
very handy collection of info to be sure), in fact some of the NTFS
stuff seems a little dated given ntfs-3g, but seeing the Microsoft
banner at the top of a PDF touting the merits of Linux to save the day
when Windows is in need, well that IS kind of interesting.  I'd call
it ironic, but given the quality of people working at OSL coming from
a strong *nix background, it's really not - though I have to admit
that it will be some time before I get used to seeing the company name
atop such publications.

http://port25.technet.com/archive/2007/11/20/technical-analysis-recovering-data-from-windows-systems-by-using-linux.aspx


Ben

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:23 PM, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 21:57 -0700, storkus at storkus.com wrote:
>  > Subject says it all.  According to the article they hand out these USB
>  > keys with a bunch of stuff on them that lets anyone bypass all security
>  > on a windows computer.  How long do you think it'll be before the
>  > contents of these keys ends up world wide?  Another reason not to run
>  > winblows!
>  >
>  > http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/04/29/1441215.shtml
>  >
>  ----
>  there's been linux tools to do this for years...Microsoft just sees this
>  as a marketing opportunity to sell more product. The thing that this
>  suggests is that there is a back door...
>
>  by the way, unless you go to extreme measures to encrypt...Linux
>  security doesn't exist if you have the computer in your possession
>  either.
>
>  Craig
>
>
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