On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 10:39:32PM +0100, Micha Schellingerhout wrote:
> German armed forces ban MS software, citing NSA snooping
> Which just happens, along with Siemens, to have picked up the gig. The two
> companies have supplanted Microsoft (and anything else American) and will be
> producing a secure, home-grown system that the German military can be
> confident in.
Which is funny, as Siemens seems to have their own ties to the NSA:
http://mediafilter.org/caq/cryptogate/
http://home.bip.net/laszlob/cryptoag/buehler-tape.htm
(...sound of black helicopters approaching)
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