Wednesday, May 24th 2017
Microsoft Officially Announces the Windows 10 "China Government" Edition
Remember that piece regarding Microsoft's Windows 10 for the chinese government? Well, Microsoft has just officially announced it in its Shanghai presentation today. In a joint-venture with China's government, CETC (China Electronics Technology Group), CMIT (a conglomerate of China-based manufacturers), and Lenovo, the Redmond-based company has apparently managed to deliver what they themselves thought impossible: a version of their operating system that doesn't spy on its users. Lenovo, as you might have guessed already, will be one of the first OEM partners to preinstall Windows 10 China Government Edition on new devices.
Based on Windows 10 Enterprise Edition, the Windows 10 China Government Edition ironically ticks all the boxes for what enthusiasts would like to see from their OS: it's a modular approach to Windows, where users (read, in this case, government entities) can remove features they aren't looking to take advantage of (like OneDrive), whilst giving the capability to "manage all telemetry and updates." Aren't those just great features to have?
China's government previously banned Windows 8 and its derivatives, citing security concerns, and later launched an anti-monopoly probe against Microsoft. This meant that Microsoft was largely left out of China's huge state-backed enterprises in China - and one can imagine how lucrative a market this one is. Microsoft surely wouldn't be willing to allow such a chance of revenue to just jostle over to the Linux field, following the Chinese government's attempts to craft a custom OS (Kylin, which failed) and recent efforts with new NeoKylin initiative.
I just love that title, and all of the implications behind it.
Source:
Windows Blogs
Based on Windows 10 Enterprise Edition, the Windows 10 China Government Edition ironically ticks all the boxes for what enthusiasts would like to see from their OS: it's a modular approach to Windows, where users (read, in this case, government entities) can remove features they aren't looking to take advantage of (like OneDrive), whilst giving the capability to "manage all telemetry and updates." Aren't those just great features to have?
I just love that title, and all of the implications behind it.
25 Comments on Microsoft Officially Announces the Windows 10 "China Government" Edition
Even if I didn't use VPN, my ISP would know shat about what I'm doing on the Internet 'cause 99% of the websites that I browse have mandatory SSL encryption.
Is TPU still a tech related website or I'm gravely mistaken? A lot of comments indicate otherwise.
Also I'm more content with the Chinese spying on me because our paths most likely will never cross whereas I'm not content with visiting the US where the TSA (and other three letters agencies) already have a dossier on me even though I've never committed any crimes.
And people who claim they have nothing to hide - why don't you have glass walls in your house? Why don't you take a shit/piss while everyone could be watching? What about your p0rn habits? What about the collection of child time mischiefs? Would you want to share that with us?
Chinese ISPs also install their own root level CA on client machines. Yes, this is for SSL "man in the middle" monitoring, I'd wager.I think you just massively overestimate your own understanding of the issues vs those you disagree with. I am assuming complete government ISP control, like in China.
My ISP doesn't have access to my PC, nor they can install their own certificates.
Could your stop with your fairy tales please? I work as a CSO if you ever heard about that line of work. And now I'm not currently running Windows. In fact I have Windows 7 installed purely to play games. No work is done in this spyware ridden OS (telemetry updates, as everyone now knows, have found their way into W7/W81).
Can't argue about modularity though.
www.engadget.com/2017/01/23/china-vpn-illegal-internet-censorship-government-approval/
Not to mention using a VPN = extra network hop = possibly more latency
Also, the motivation behind using the OS to spy: with SSL becoming more common, spying at the endpoints (where encryption/decryption happens) is easier than trying to break the encryption.
That's cute even for the US. I already discovered how much control the ISPs have. I blocked Comcast's caching servers, b/c youtube was useless. All was well for 6 months.
Then, most Google services wouldn't connect. Half the time google search would fail to load. Guess what? I unblocked their servers and blammo, all was well.
SSL is vulnerable. TOR is vulnerable. If they want to intercept traffic, they can.
Honestly, as a news reporter for this organization, I don't deal in "fairy tales," only the facts. I find your implications offensive and rude.
At any rate, I'm one of the biggest privacy advocates on TPU man, and I don't endorse what Windows 10 does. You need to learn to tune down your attack trait and study your opponent a bit more.That is sort of what I just pointed out.
Legally, its sale and use is certainly region-locked.