Microsoft cooperates with Scientology
Experts suspect Trojan Horse in Windows 2000
(Summary of an article in the renowned German computer magazine "c't",
full article at http://www.heise.de/ct/english/99/25/058/ )
An integrated operating system component of Microsoft Windows 2000, the
defragmentation program "Diskeeper", is made by a Scientology company.
German data protection and security officials have expressed concerns
that once Windows 2000 will be shipped, "Diskeeper" will have access to
all data on the harddisks of government agencies, companies and citizens
worldwide. The psycho cult Scientology is known for attempts to infiltrate
key positions in industry and government, and has been involved in
espionage cases.
Replying to concerns, Microsoft wrote that it is not a Microsoft-specific
problem if somebody can obtain access to the system [yeah, all virus
programmers know this], and that customers could remove Diskeeper at
any time by manually deleting its files and registry entries. However,
computer experts found out that when a user tries to delete Diskeeper,
another component of Windows 2000 immediately restores Diskeeper by using
a cached copy. In other words, the Scientology component cannot be removed
from Windows 2000.
Since they don't intend to financially support Scientology and have their
data snooped, German churches and government agencies now consider to
boycott Windows 2000.
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