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Linked – Microsoft Accidentally Leaks Key to Windows Backdoor

“In a cautionary tale to those who favor government-mandated backdoors to security systems, Microsoft accidentally leaked the key protecting its UEFI Secure boot feature.”

This keeps happening, when will people learn that any backdoor is a step in the wrong direction when it comes to security?

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/08/microsoft_accid.html

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