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A security researcher says Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker, releases an exploit to prove it (www.techspot.com)

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[–] Mwa 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

ig "Proprietary software is often malware" is kinda not a exaggeration.

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

I'd phrase that "is malware until proven otherwise."

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[–] Mwa 2 points 4 months ago

btw i took that from GNU's project philosophy.

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