Skipping Windows 8 Activation by CIA (the US agency)

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  1. Hacker?pcs

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  2. Enthousiast

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  3. JFKI

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    #3 JFKI, Mar 7, 2017
    I am more interested in how they put Samsung Smart TV's into "fake off" mode and record everything going on in your living room. ;)
     
  4. Hacker?pcs

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    #4 Hacker?pcs, Mar 7, 2017 (OP)
    Because of this wikileaks won't release the actual exploit neither for this nor for anything similarly critical
     
  5. JFKI

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    #5 JFKI, Mar 7, 2017
    The problem with that philosophy is that now it is known that it is possible, and just another lame conspiracy theory.
    Once that happens it is only a matter of time before it is replicated and released... Usually only to an unscrupulous crowd.
     
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  7. s1ave77

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    #7 s1ave77, Mar 7, 2017
    So much for the NEWS :g:.
     
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  8. Hacker?pcs

    Hacker?pcs MDL Junior Member

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    #8 Hacker?pcs, Mar 7, 2017 (OP)
    Well yeah but considering all info from the leak was in possession of CIA, maybe other agencies and US government contractors old doesn't mean obsolete
     
  9. Full inu

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    #9 Full inu, Mar 8, 2017
    Does this thing skips only product key? Or really Windows is activated after installation (and without network....)?
    Needs more clarification.
     
  10. s1ave77

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    #10 s1ave77, Mar 8, 2017
    Does not affect activation (is still needed) and only circumvents the key input, which, in opposite to Win 10, is mandatory for untouched Win 8/8.1 Installs.
     
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  11. abbodi1406

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    #11 abbodi1406, Mar 8, 2017
    Big LOL ....
     
  12. Full inu

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    #12 Full inu, Mar 8, 2017
    Wait a sec, are you f**cking trying to cheat me?!
     
  13. murphy78

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    #13 murphy78, Mar 8, 2017
    Can you imagine going to this much effort just to do what an ei.cfg has done since vista?
     
  14. abbodi1406

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    #14 abbodi1406, Mar 8, 2017
    I laughed most on the CIA part
     
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