A Microsoft developer and cryptographer responded in his blog to a news story by the BBC about the problems strong encryption built into Vista might cause for law enforcement. "Over my dead body," he said, regarding the possibilty of including a law-enforced backdoor in Vista.
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Member since:2005-07-06
No, it's not relevant. It shows that you are reaching with your arguments, that you have to resort to trying to charactarize me.
It may seem like it struck a nerve, but you'd be wrong. I just saw it as very lame and pointed that out to you. No nerves stuck, sorry. Maybe next time 
Member since:2005-07-02
No, it's not relevant. It shows that you are reaching with your arguments
I disagree. I think it's relevant to point out that your past comments history tends to show a pro-MS bias. I mean I'm not inventing stuff here, all of our comments are available for anyone to browse.
I'm not saying that this is wrong, I was merely pointing out that the fact that you prefer Windows doesn't require you to defend Microsoft. There is no judgement on my part, i.e. I'm not saying it's bad to defend MS, nor am I attacking your character by saying this. I am simply reflecting on a trend, and I even said that it'd be pretty clear to anyone who's read my comments that they tend to be pro-Linux, anti-MS and neutral on Windows (as I differentiate between the company and its products).
The fact that you feel that this is an attack on your character puzzles me. Are you saying that it's bad to be defending Microsoft? I'm puzzled...
that you have to resort to trying to charactarize me.
I'm not resorting to anything. My arguments stand by themselves. I was merely making an observation in addition to those arguments.
It may seem like it struck a nerve, but you'd be wrong. I just saw it as very lame and pointed that out to you.
I'm sorry, but the fact that you considered a truthful observation as lame is in itself proof that I struck a nerve.
Again, it wasn't meant as an attack, and my observation still stands. It's not because you have chosen to use a Microsoft product that you should feel that you have to defend the company against criticism. MS has no loyalty towards you, you're not expected to have any towards it. I use Microsoft products myself (hey, I've even made MS money by working on Xbox games), but that doesn't mean I won't be critical of the unfair tactics it uses when it conducts its business.
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2005-07-02
I do think it's relevant. Also, it wasn't an argument, but a mere observation.
It obviously struck a nerve, though.