▲ 957 ▼ A security researcher says Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker, releases an exploit to prove it (www.techspot.com) submitted 5 months ago by Itwasntme223@discuss.online to c/technology@lemmy.world 129 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] agelord@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago (1 child) One is a backdoor, another is a bug. How are they similar? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Greyghoster@aussie.zone -6 points 5 months ago Both allow access to secure systems both were introduced years ago. I don’t know the Linux developer so I have no access to as to what was influencing so it can be just a bug, however it the type of bug that a lot of people would like to introduce into the kernel. Given that, they look very similar to me. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Greyghoster@aussie.zone -6 points 5 months ago Both allow access to secure systems both were introduced years ago. I don’t know the Linux developer so I have no access to as to what was influencing so it can be just a bug, however it the type of bug that a lot of people would like to introduce into the kernel. Given that, they look very similar to me. permalink fedilink source parent