Microsoft slowly seals its lips about its police toolkit
BetaNews | at | by Mike
To put a lid on bloggers' speculation about police getting "backdoors" to Windows security, Microsoft is starting to hush up on the subject. In an e-mail to BetaNews on Friday, a spokesperson described COFEE as a "customizable framework."Despite releasing a few more facts on Friday about a controversial new tool for police officers, Microsoft has now vowed to stay mum on the "exact methods" used by COFEE, as well as about what kinds of passwords -- OS or network, for example -- COFEE might be able to crack.