Vista: Remote-Controlled by design?
No matter which opinion I had about Vista, the latest release of Microsoft’s Windows operating system, so far, by now I am sure I will never use this kind of beast by free choice: The way things look now, it seems Microsoft has had some prominent help implementing the security system in Vista, although one should doubt whether this is a benefit or a threat to most of the people, companies, governments that might be interested in moving to Vista anytime soon. It’s not the first time people are talking about NSA being more or less involved into building Microsoft operating systems, but probably this time it’s more obvious than ever before. But then again… “trustworthy computing” probably hasn’t so far been about users trusting their computers / software, anyhow.
German report on that is available here, as well.