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To: Frederick Smart who wrote (28041)9/9/1999 9:04:00 AM
From: ToySoldier  Read Replies (2) of 42771
 
Frederick,

With this security backdoor for the US government supposedly built into the MSFT Windows operating systems, I would think that Governments other than the US should and hopefully will impose IMPORT restrictions on the MSFT code for national security violations.

Being a Canadian, I would consider a product where a foreign government has access to my system to be a violation that I would expect the Canadian Federal government to protect.

I would not expect any different reaction to citizens of other countries throughout the world. Its one thing if the US government and MSFT want to have the ability to spy on their own citizens, but to export a product to other countries that gives them the ability to spy on citizens of other countries angers me greatly - if this is proven to be true.

Another point for MSFT to consider is that the other foreign governments may impose import restrictions of MSFT's windows products until their security agencies have access to this same built-in backdoor.

I think its time to write a letter to my government representitives responsible for security and ask them how they are going to respond to this clear violation of my rights of protection from abuse by a foreign government.

Toy
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