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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 08:34 AM
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National Security Agency gives Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger glowing security endorsement
http://www.applelinks.com/index.php/more/national_security_agency_gives_os_x_104_tiger_thumbs_up_os_x_odyssey_862/

Love to see how the haters try to spin this one!
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 10:05 AM
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1. I wonder if the NSA uses Macs in their agency
The article didn't say
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moggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-23-07 02:25 AM
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3. It wouldn't surprise me
The intelligence community were said to be big users of NeXTSTEP, and later OpenStep, so OS X would be a natural progression.
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-23-07 09:46 PM
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5. They might like it because of it being UNIX with a user friendly
interface.
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-23-07 03:16 PM
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4. I've been told (by someone at Apple) that NSA, CIA and State are all big Mac users
...along with NASA, apparently.
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133724 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 10:01 PM
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2. Does that mean they can spy on it easily???? n/t
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LeftCoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-25-07 04:30 AM
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6. Unfortunately, yes.
:(

There's encryption stuff (only for windows) from Canada that the NSA can't get into, but anything that's produced in the goood ol' US of A has to let Uncle Sam take a peek inside. Ain't it great livin' in the land of freedom?
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