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If really true, it's unbelievable! Can not find any other words.
Ill believe it when other sites carry this story and with proper citations.
It's probably true to some extent, but that article is sensationalist at best...
Microsoft has shared the source with tons of governments and private industry partners in part or whole. In fact they made a pretty big deal about it when they started their "Shared Source Initiative" some time ago in an attempt to balance the need to be more open while not allowing the commercial fragmentation of the OS.
And Governments pretty much demand access to the source to ensure that AMERICA is not spying on /them/ through their use of Windows :)
They might have to share it with most governments. Don't understand what the problem with US businesses not having access to it is.
This would be something a government could demand not a company.
Surely knowing the source code is only like linux. Doesn't make your systems less secure.?
Or maybe it's connected with the "killswitch story" from the last week.
Or maybe it's total BS in a week when espionage is back in the news even though it's not very exciting espionage
Please explain the logic behind this.
Story broke in Russia a week ago.