Install the latest back doors or be left vulnerable to crackers other than the NSA

Summary: Microsoft makes it ever more evident that securing users of Windows is not at all a priority, and perhaps not even a desire

MICROSOFT WILL never brag about it to the public (only to the government), but Windows, including Vista 8, contains back doors for the NSA. While FOSS developers work hard to ensure security of their programs, with Microsoft any such concerns are irrelevant because security is not even a goal.

It was rather amusing to see this report which says "Microsoft TechNet blog makes clear that Windows 8.1 will not be patched; users must get Windows 8.1 Update if they want security patches" (the report is titled "Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support" and it was published by the Microsoft-affiliated IDG).

But wait, it gets worse than abandonment of users and NSA back doors. According to this: "If you still have XP and use Microsoft Security Essentials you will have problems today.. You will get errors relating to MsMpEng.exe when trying to go into windows and windows will slow down to a crawl mimicking a virus.. You need to boot into safe mode and disable the Microsoft Antimalware Service in your services then boot into your normal profile and uninstall the program."

"Microsoft makes shutdown of their meaningless "security" application cripple XP," wrote Will Hill. "I'm surprised that I have not gotten any calls about this. Oh yeah, no one is at work yet. I don't think the treatment planning computers use this, but I'm going to sent a heads up."

So Microsoft goes further in making Windows XP users less secure from non-government crackers. Wonderful! ⬆