Comments on: On Windows 7 And The NSA http://echoreply.us/tech/2009/11/20/on-windows-7-and-the-nsa/ Computers, Science, Technology, Xen Virtualization, Hosting, Photography, The Internet, Geekdom And More Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:41:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: tinkertim http://echoreply.us/tech/2009/11/20/on-windows-7-and-the-nsa/comment-page-1/#comment-11101 tinkertim Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:36:16 +0000 http://echoreply.us/tech/?p=835#comment-11101 @Dusty: A healthy amount of skepticism is good when using software that you can not review and compile for yourself. Then, there is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor" rel="nofollow">Hanlon's razor</a>, which was not employed by the majority of people kicking up the dirt in this case. Its one thing to worry .. its another to bother to rationalize before spreading crazy fearfud :) @Dusty: A healthy amount of skepticism is good when using software that you can not review and compile for yourself.

Then, there is Hanlon’s razor, which was not employed by the majority of people kicking up the dirt in this case.

Its one thing to worry .. its another to bother to rationalize before spreading crazy fearfud :)

]]> By: Dusty Wilson http://echoreply.us/tech/2009/11/20/on-windows-7-and-the-nsa/comment-page-1/#comment-11100 Dusty Wilson Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:48:48 +0000 http://echoreply.us/tech/?p=835#comment-11100 We're just lucky that we can see the Linux source code. Not so lucky to not see the Windows code. I don't think that they put in backdoors, but I can see why some people think that. They can't prove for themselves that they didn't. I'll continue to use my open source awesomeness in any case. We’re just lucky that we can see the Linux source code. Not so lucky to not see the Windows code. I don’t think that they put in backdoors, but I can see why some people think that. They can’t prove for themselves that they didn’t. I’ll continue to use my open source awesomeness in any case.

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