Security News > 2016 > August > Microsoft Accidentally Leaks Key to Windows Backdoor (Schneier on Security)
2016-08-15 11:27
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. As we all know, the problems with backdoors are less the cryptography and more the systems surrounding the cryptography....
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