Lock up your data, the Govt is coming!

[DaveB]

Government in talks with Microsoft over encrypted file access.

[threaded]

There's already a backdoor and this is just M$ marketing spin...

HTH

[DaveB]

There's already a backdoor and this is just M$ marketing spin...

HTH

Yet another reason not to upgrade at any rate. Unless you want to play Halo 2 that is

[ratewhore]

Like I've always said - buy a Mac. But not one on the Intel platform...

[bogeyman]

There's already a backdoor and this is just M$ marketing spin...

HTH

Oh really? What backdoor would that be then?

How do you know this?

Do tell us more?

[bogeyman]

Like I've always said - buy a Mac. But not one on the Intel platform...

Why not? There's seemingly no way of getting a G5 in a Powerbook and the G4 Powerbooks are starting to look a bit lackluster.

Also, if the Feds (or whatever powers that be) insist on a backdoor for Windows encrypted file systems, I can't see Apple, or anyone else being exempt from providing the same sort of access.

[ratewhore]

Because with the new architecture comes the ability to run malicious programs that never worked on the powerpc architecture...

[bogeyman]

Because with the new architecture comes the ability to run malicious programs that never worked on the powerpc architecture...

Err... like which ones?

Why can't you write malicious programs for PowerPC?

[threaded]

Oh really? What backdoor would that be then?

How do you know this?

Do tell us more?

There are several.

It is my business to know this.

No, people pay me lots of money to tell them, why should I give it to you for free?

[ratewhore]

tell you what - I'll write em all down for you!!

And yes, people do write for the powerpc but read the post again and you'll notice it doesn't mention malware written for that platform, merely the proliferation of malware written for Intel which could run on the new Intel based macs.