Microsoft Accidentally Provides Example of Dangers of Encryption ‘Back Doors’
Microsoft has helpfully provided a real-world example showing why mandating "back doors" so that authorities can bypass encryption to access digital data is a very bad idea. The fact that this example is a result of a complete mistake and apparently not staged or hypothetical should make it all the more powerful to law enforcement and lawmakers who want to compromise data security in the pursuit of crime or terrorism.
To summarize the best I can: Microsoft devices have a system that upon booting, will only function with operating systems that it authenticates. This means users cannot just install any other operating system on Windows tablets and phones and work them.
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