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Microsoft Denies it Built 'Backdoor' in Windows 7
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Posted by Donster on: 2009-11-20 17:00:26 189
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Don't worry, company tells users; NSA involved only in security compliance standards
By Gregg Keizer @ ComputerWorld
Microsoft today denied that it has built a backdoor into Windows 7, a concern that surfaced yesterday after a senior National Security Agency (NSA) official testified before Congress that the agency had worked on the operating system.
"Microsoft has not and will not put 'backdoors' into Windows," a company spokeswoman said, reacting to a Computerworld story Wednesday.
On Monday, Richard Schaeffer, the NSA's information assurance director, told the Senate's Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security that the agency had partnered with the developer during the creation of Windows 7 "to enhance Microsoft's operating system security guide."
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