NSA backdoors in routers, not Windows 7

[O.G]

The fact is, by UK and probably EU law, Microsoft has to and absolutely does provide a back door for the Gov.

Is that right? If it is a fact, then you should have little trouble stating exactly which law that is.

My friend works at the NSA and he works with the Office development team. He told me stories that would make some of you conspiracy nut actually go crazy!

Conspiracy Theory 101: If you see/hear someone say they work for the feds (or know someone who does) they are probably lying.

[acnpt]

Yo, my mate's mate works for MIB (Men in Black), and he says of course there is a backdoor in windows 7, and that the gov has even been putting backdoors in our homes, shops and even offices for years!. :p

I doubt there is a backdoor in 7, and surely the security services can just use the normal surveillance methods anyway.

Also in the UK you can get sent to prison for not releasing a decryption key.

[iamwhoiam]

But I'm wondering when the law was passed that gave Cisco permission to install backdoors for remote spying by intelligence agencies in their routers?

It was probably some obscure bill that would never have passed if the public knew about it, so most likely it was used as pork filler for another bill and got passed silently. You'd be surprised at all the laws that exist that go unnoticed because of tactics like that.

[Growled Member]

IF there was a backdoor im pretty sure Apple and Linux or one of their many talented fanboys would be showing us proof of this and shouting it from the rooftops as the 2nd it was confirmed their respective markets would instantly increase. Putting a backdoor in an international piece of software like that would be a corporate disaster, private enterprise plus other nations, ie China would hardly tolerate it.

How would they know? If I were putting a backdoor into a product, I would bury it so deep that it would take a genius to find it. I'm not sure I believe in a backdoor. This rumor has been around forever. I wouldn't be surprised either, though. You never know with Microsoft.

[Subject Delta]

How would anyone know? Other than rumors and speculation?

If there is a security flaw in a product used as widely as Windows, be it by design, or otherwise, a hacker will eventually find it, it is simply a matter of time.

It strikes me as amusing though that the Linux and Apple crowd are the only ones that acknowledge this baseless and stupid accusation as being even close to realistic.

[The Patri0t]

^ What else do you expect from the anti-MS croud? lol