Windows Phone 8 earns key government security certification

Does Microsoft think this is a selling point to any entity other than US government institutions? Do they not see the irony?

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Honestly, at first this headline made me laugh out loud. Then I chuckled again thinking 'Has MS's PR department completely lost the plot re what is happening nowadays vis a vis the NSA?'

Finally I actually feel a little sad. I used to trust my government (to a certain degree). Now, not in the slightest.

*insert NSA related quip here.

I can't help it, but I could only envision the tiny stickers that emblazon every non-Mac laptop out there with a new, and proud, banner: MCB - Microsoft Certified Backdoor.

In all seriousness - it's in their best interest to push forward as if nothing has changed. Keep in mind the majority still has little to no idea regarding the extent of the data that's been disseminated regarding the NSA thanks to the way the US media deems things appropriate to report.

Seriously, Microsoft!

Did no one involved with the approval process on this post think this would be an, um, inopportune time to tout the fact that the US Govt certified your security?

So they passed the same certification level (FIPS 140-2) that the recently broken smartcards received?

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/09/fatal-crypto-flaw-in...

Pretty sure that means the government can get the data at any point they want, right? Sounds secure to me!