Does Windows have Back Doors?

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Retired Microsoft engineer Davepl discusses "back doors" in Windows, the implications, and how the software developer protects against such attacks from rogues, hackers, and nation-states. Understand how back doors are like the Follina zero-day exploit in Office, giving complete control of the system to the attacker. For information on my book, "Secrets of the Autistic Millionaire": https://amzn.to/3diQILq My other channel, join now so you're there for episode 01 of my AudioBook! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtb6a_CnmGbSns9G8W2Ny0w Discord Chat w/ Myself and Subscribers: https://discord.gg/eMVWUvrkP6 Primary Equipment (Amazon Affiliate Links): * Camera: Sony FX-3 - https://amzn.to/3w31C0Z * Camera Lens: 50mm F1.4 Art DG HSM - https://amzn.to/3kEnYk4 * Microphone: Electro Voice RE 320 - https://amzn.to/37gL65g * Teleprompter: Glide Gear TMP 100 - https://amzn.to/3MN2nlA * SD Cards: Sony TOUGH - https://amzn.to/38QZGR9 0:00 - Start 2:50 - Zero-Days like Follina vs Back Doors 5:12 - Code Compartmentalization 8:06 - Security Credentials 9:15 - Open Source (Linux v Windows) 10:50 - Dave Pronounces Trisquel badly 11:00 - Kernel Checkins 11:35 - The Build Lab 12:23 - Ownership breeds Responsibility 12:45 - The Code Review 13:25 - An exception 15:13 - Multiple Layers Remember by and large I am referring to things that happened about 25 years ago, so you cannot judge contemporary Windows by it. And for comparison, that's when Linux was still Minix :-) As always, all content and opinions are mine only, (c) 2022 Plummer's Software LLC. I am not now nor have I ever been a spokesperson for Microsoft, and retired from my technical role almost 20 years ago. I'm now working on a episode about the Follina zero-day exploit, so if you have any juicy details on that, please let me know!