The article states that “The security measures introduced in Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system have the National Security Agency to thank (or blame).” It then briefly provides a few sparse bits of information about the role of the NSA in the design of Vista. What seems clear is that the NSA did have a role.
That leaves, for us, one obvious question: Why?
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I have to disagree with the author of the article when he writes, "Now, I don’t want to sound like peddling conspiracy theories, but fact is that the NSA is not in the business of protecting computers from outside access. It is just not in their interest."
I don't know how many government machines use Windows, and Vista in particular, but given the vulnerability of the US to "cyber attacks", I would argue that the NSA has every reason to want to help Microsoft in strengthening Vista's security. I'd argue this even if there were *no* government machines running Vista.
The concerns the author has may or may not be legitimate, but I think he's way off base to think that PC security and national security are mutually exclusive.
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