Some people have claimed that running the Windows operating system with the nexus will enable Microsoft or other parties to detect and remotely delete unlicensed software from my PC. Is this true?
This is not true. NGSCB does not include mechanisms that delete or disable any content or file that currently runs on a PC. In fact, the NGSCB architecture is built on the premise that no policy will be imposed that is not approved by the user. Microsoft is firmly opposed to putting “policing functions” into nexus-aware PCs and does not intend to do so. A machine’s owner, whether an individual or enterprise, has sole discretion to determine what programs run on the nexus-aware system. Programs that run under nexus-aware systems, just like programs that run under Windows, will do whatever they are allowed to do, based on the security settings on the user’s machine. NGSCB not only respects existing user controls, it strengthens them. As stated earlier, the function of the nexus, NCAs and related components is to make digitally signed statements about code identity and to protect secrets from other nexus-aware applications and regular Windows kernel- and user-mode spaces. Enhancements to
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