Don't use Windows 8 due to risk of 'back doors', warns German government

Charlee Gothard
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Use of Microsoft OS 'can have significant consequences on IT security' suggest leaked documents

The German government has recommended that Federal Administration and other high profile public sector departments in the country do not use Windows 8 because, it warns, it contains security backdo...

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