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There's only one OS
with holes a Mac truck can drive through.

Day 2 of Cansecwest was a serious PR disaster for the Apple marketing machine.

Oh, and Adobe of course. Neither Windows or Linux fell to an OS bug.

If it takes very little effort to "brake" into a windows box, you should have no trouble posting a little tutorial for us, right?
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What do you expect?  BFD | 04/29/08
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4713018.stm  fr0thy2 | 04/30/08
Message has been deleted.  socialism=nowhere | 04/30/08
LOL....nt  socialism=nowhere | 04/30/08
Why would they bother to create a back door  DigitalFrog | 05/27/08
So many?  rtk | 05/27/08
I was actually expecting a refutation  John L. Ries | 04/29/08
How can I prove a negative?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/29/08
not only kept it a secret amongst 2000 "fine upstanding" cops  rtk | 04/29/08
A backdoor - who really knows  deaf_e_kate | 04/30/08
Awfully difficult...  John L. Ries | 04/30/08
I stand behind my headline and story  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/30/08
Too bad!  Mike Hunt | 04/30/08
What you can claim...  John L. Ries | 04/30/08
Really  rtk | 04/30/08
Read my previous posts  John L. Ries | 04/30/08
not quite  rtk | 04/30/08
They did  John L. Ries | 04/30/08
It was "Back Orifice"  rtk | 04/30/08
And just to add...  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 05/01/08
You make your own point.  mrlinux | 05/07/08
re: Proving a negative  Badgered | 04/30/08
Not a backdoor ... just a wide open garage.  wackoae | 04/29/08
Physical access  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/29/08
but are you?  stevey_d | 05/01/08
how about just one  rtk | 05/01/08
There is no such thing as Windows encryption algorithm  Patronus | 05/02/08
In this case Bitlocker is irrelevant  tombalablomba | 05/01/08
NSLs and clones  engrmerc | 05/05/08
There's only one OS  rtk | 04/29/08
"Brake" into a Windows box  Patronus | 05/02/08
Maybe you should check your facts...  mrlinux | 05/07/08
eh?  rtk | 05/07/08
And how  Altotus | 05/04/08
Why would Microsoft need to create backdoors  voska1 | 04/30/08
ever thought that perhaps the vulnerabilities are put there on purpose?  stevey_d | 05/01/08
Why would Microsoft need to create backdoors  Patronus | 05/02/08
COFEE It is a compilation of publicly available forensics tools  Jeremy W | 04/30/08
Reply to Jeremy W  justanitguy | 04/30/08
Does seem to be a bit of a conflict...  John L. Ries | 04/30/08
Does seem to be a bit of a conflict...  Patronus | 05/02/08
Not protecting me...  srobtjones@... | 04/30/08
You realize that computer forensics are used for murder and narcotics also  Patronus | 05/02/08
Reading is Fundamental  heyitstodd | 04/30/08
COFEE It is a compilation of publicly available forensics tools  Patronus | 05/02/08
"there's no Windows backdoor"??????  Mike Hunt | 04/30/08
I concur  srobtjones@... | 04/30/08
There is no NSA key and never has been  Patronus | 05/02/08
It's easy to proove -there's Windows ???back door.??? Who ordered this article?  Just_true | 04/30/08
Oh really now. Set the koolaid down  Patronus | 05/02/08
Thanks that you agreed with me by posting no logical arguments. (NT)  Just_true | 05/02/08
hilarity  coffeeshark | 05/07/08
If your mind doesn't support questioning of your master, it doesn't prove..  Just_true | 05/08/08
?How can I prove a negative??  mhenriday | 04/30/08
RE: Sorry, conspiracy buffs, there's no Windows  none none | 04/30/08
RE: Sorry, conspiracy buffs, there's no Windows  ps.zd@... | 04/30/08
Reading is Fundamental  heyitstodd | 04/30/08
Re: Reading is Fundamental (but so is reasoning)  none none | 04/30/08
snuck != physical possession  rtk | 04/30/08
The goal is to have a rank amateur gather the information.  Patronus | 05/02/08
RE: Sorry, conspiracy buffs, there's no Windows  ps.zd@... | 04/30/08
You're so not right you're not even wrong.  johnay | 04/30/08
Please go pick up a book on cryptography  Patronus | 05/02/08
RE: Sorry, conspiracy buffs, there's no Windows  heyitstodd | 04/30/08
Can I translate?  Cola Kitty | 05/01/08
how about this  stevey_d | 05/01/08
Who needs a back-door when the windows are open?  JonathonDoe | 05/01/08
RE: Sorry, conspiracy buffs, there's no Windows  as901 | 05/01/08
nice try  rtk | 05/01/08
Its more than Linux dos,nt like Ed Bott.  hugh@... | 05/01/08
So, how to block such attacks?  heliomphalodon | 05/01/08
RE: So, how to block such attacks??  bfilipiak@... | 05/01/08
Would Microsoft (or Ed) tell you if there were  Ole Man | 05/01/08
you've little faith  rtk | 05/01/08
you know they're all in on it  coffeeshark | 05/07/08
You know all about insanity, eh?  Ole Man | 05/14/08
A "real" backdoor would be accessible over the Internet  seanferd | 05/01/08
No! They're in my Netgear as well?!?!!!!!11one11!  odubtaig | 05/14/08
doesn't work that way  cwhull | 05/02/08
RE: Sorry, conspiracy buffs, there's no Windows  wbenton0 | 05/03/08
RE: Sorry, conspiracy buffs, there's no Windows  do it yourself IT | 05/05/08
Yes there is.  Duke E. Love | 05/07/08
No there isn't.  rtk | 05/07/08
You Must Be A Clown, Right?  Kromaethius | 05/14/08
RE: Sorry, conspiracy buffs, there's no Windows  psychosmurf | 05/13/08
If you have physical access...  Spiritusindomit@... | 05/14/08
Message has been deleted.  reality nightmare | 05/19/08
RE: Sorry, conspiracy buffs, there's no Windows  papaver | 08/08/08
Nice tinfoil you got there!  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 08/08/08
RE: Sorry, conspiracy buffs, there's no Windows  fred@... | 10/27/08

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