was quoted as saying<\/a>that Windows 8 posed a “big challenge” to the nation’s cybersecurity efforts,<\/p>\n“Microsoft would no longer open its Windows 8 source code to the Chinese government,” he said. “However the security scheme of the Windows 8 operating system is designed to provide better access for Microsoft to users’ database.”<\/p>\n
The report also suggested that Windows 8 was one of the methods the NSA was using to spirit data out of the country. China has been a consistent critic of the wide-ranging surveillance programme carried out by the NSA.<\/p>\n
“Your identity, account, contact book, phone numbers, all this data can be put together for big data analysis,” said Ni Guangnan, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.<\/p>\n
“The data might be a good way for the US to monitor other countries,” he added.<\/p>\n
In late May, China issued a notice which stopped Windows 8 machines being procured for government departments. The ban was apparently imposed because of a decree about energy-saving devices. However, many media reports said it was brought in because of fears over the security of the operating system.<\/p>\n
Microsoft told CCTV that it was “actively co-operating” with the Chinese government on a review of its products to allay fears about what was being done with user data.<\/p>\n
Many US tech companies were also criticised in the Chinese media for the help they have given to the NSA surveillance programme.<\/p>\n
Yahoo, Cisco, Facebook, Apple, Google and others were described as “pawns” of the US government that had aided attempts to spy on Chinese citizens and steal secrets. All should be punished for their co-operation, said editorials in state-backed media.<\/p>\n
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