[dundee] Microsoft takes down whistleblower site on its secret document to government agencies

[Chris N]

On 26/02/2010 21:22, gordon dunlop wrote:
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> On 25 February 2010 21:43, gordon dunlop <zubenel at fedoraproject.org 
> <mailto:zubenel at fedoraproject.org>> wrote:
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>     Seemingly Microsoft has produced a secret document called  "Global
>     Criminal Compliance Handbook" for Government agencies, this guy
>     posted it and his web site was taken down. If you want to download
>     the document in PDF format it is included in this article:
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>     http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/02/microsoft-cryptome/
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> An update to this, Microsoft has had a change of heart and has got 
> this guy's website restored. Ahhh, how caring or maybe because the 
> internet revealed their heavy handedness and they are backtracking to 
> minimise the damage.
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> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/25/microsoft_cryptome_dcma_withdrawl/
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> Gordon
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>     Gordon
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In regards to Microsoft's magic ability to make information disappear 
from the interwebz, this is an article about the Microsoft's OEM 
licensing. It shows how information regarding OEM licenses for system 
builders has disappeared from the internet.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1561 
<http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Xytan_%27Jar_Wattinree>
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