Cybersecurity

[unixronin]

bruce_schneier on why the NSA should NOT be in charge of US cybersecurity:

Putting national cybersecurity in the hands of the NSA is an incredibly bad idea. An entire parade of people, ranging from former FBI director Louis Freeh to Microsoft’s Trusted Computing Group Vice President and former Justice Department computer crime chief Scott Charney, have told Congress the same thing at this month’s hearings.

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[johnkzin.livejournal.com]

And, clearly, Microsoft's Trusted Computing Group has our best interests at heart ;-) (they're probably just steamed that the NSA created their own distro of linux, and made it public).


(I'm not commenting on the larger issue, though, just their trying to use microsoft as a credible reference)