The British government is concerned about Windows Vista

The UK security agency is concerned about the encryption mechanism of Windows Vista and thinks it will make it very difficult for investigating agencies to read data from criminal computers.

Windows Vista is a new generation Windows operating system, expected to be announced by Microsoft later this year. One outstanding feature of Vista is information security, which is able to prevent data intrusion even when the computer is lost. This remarkable feature is becoming a concern for British investigating agencies that it may cause a lot of difficulties for terrorist investigations.

Windows Vista will be equipped with a new feature called "BitLocker", which allows users to encrypt all data on the system, including the operating system and "boot sector". BitLocker comes from the idea of ​​preventing access to data on stolen laptops.

According to Ross Anderson, a professor of security engineering at Cambridge University, the UK government is in talks with Microsoft about BitLocker so that it has a "backdoor" for law enforcement agencies to access.

Microsoft says BitLocker is used to ensure the system is "at the safest" level. This mechanism ensures that data stored on Windows Vista-based computers cannot be accessed illegally. BitLocker will also be added to prevent malware from automatically installing to the victim computer.