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Re: "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft"

From none <none@none.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.comp.freeware
Subject Re: "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft"
Date 2016-03-22 12:36 -0700
Organization albasani.net
Message-ID <mn.b2f47e03557ed0bd.136606@none.invalid> (permalink)
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It happens that Shadow formulated :
> On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:53:06 +0000, Stormin' Norman
> <norman@schwarzkopf.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 18:34:51 +0100, Yrrah <Yrrah-acf@acf.invalid>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> "Edward Snowden credited free software with enabling him to blow the
>>> whistle about government surveillance.(...)
>>> But as well as indicating his preference for free, open source
>>> software, Snowden revealed that he refused to use Microsoft software
>>> because he 'couldn't be sure' that there weren't backdoors built
>>> in.(...)
>>> <http://www.itproportal.com/2016/03/21/snowden-used-free-software-because-he-didnt-trust-microsoft/>
>>> 
>>> Backdoors to M$, NSA, FBI, CIA, CNN, Fox, NYT, or...? ;-)
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I didn’t use Microsoft machines when I was in my operational phase,
>> because I couldn’t trust them. Not because I knew that there was a
>> particular back door or anything like that, but because I couldn’t be
>> sure.
>
> 	Wow, a regular Snowden. Without the patriotism.
> 	Gratz.
> 	[]'s

He was quoting the article.  Typical Shadow, ready, fire, aim!

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"Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" Yrrah <Yrrah-acf@acf.invalid> - 2016-03-22 18:34 +0100
  Re: "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" Stormin' Norman <norman@schwarzkopf.invalid> - 2016-03-22 17:53 +0000
    Re: "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2016-03-22 16:28 -0300
      Re: "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" none <none@none.invalid> - 2016-03-22 12:36 -0700
    Re: "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" John Corliss <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2016-03-23 00:09 -0700
      Re: "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" Stormin' Norman <norman@schwarzkopf.invalid> - 2016-03-23 13:18 +0000
        Re: "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2016-03-23 12:52 -0300
        Re: "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" Yrrah <Yrrah-acf@acf.invalid> - 2016-03-23 19:48 +0100
          Re: "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" Stormin' Norman <norman@schwarzkopf.invalid> - 2016-03-23 18:56 +0000
            Re: "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" Yrrah <Yrrah-acf@acf.invalid> - 2016-03-23 20:03 +0100
              Re: "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" Stormin' Norman <norman@schwarzkopf.invalid> - 2016-03-23 19:48 +0000
        Re: "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" SubNormal Norman <sub@normal.moron> - 2016-03-24 09:46 +0100
        Re: "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" John Corliss <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2016-03-24 01:51 -0700
          Re: "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" John Corliss <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2016-03-24 02:36 -0700
        Re: [OT] "Snowden used free software because he didn_t trust Microsoft" »Q« <boxcars@gmx.net> - 2016-03-24 12:11 -0500
    Re: "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" Jenny Telia <jnytelia@gmail.com> - 2016-03-23 15:11 +0100
      Re: "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-03-24 06:07 -0400
        Re:[OT] "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2016-03-24 10:16 -0300
          Re: [OT] "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" John Corliss <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2016-03-24 06:42 -0700
          Re: [OT] "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-03-25 06:19 -0400
            Re: [OT] "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" Shit the Cat <shit@furryfreeware.invalid> - 2016-03-25 10:32 +0000
              Re: [OT] "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" *** p-O''O-h the GNU *** <super.pooh@furryfreeware.invalid> - 2016-03-25 10:33 +0000
              Re: [OT] "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2016-03-25 12:03 -0300
            Re: [OT] "Snowden used free software because he didn?t trust Microsoft" Flasherly <Flasherly@live.com> - 2016-03-25 12:51 -0400
              Re: [OT] "Snowden used free software because he didn?t trust Microsoft" Flasherly <Flasherly@live.com> - 2016-03-25 12:59 -0400
  Re: "Snowden used free software because he didn’t trust Microsoft" "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-03-24 18:14 +0800

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