NSA Helps Microsoft “Secure” Vista

I don’t know why this doesn’t fill me with a lot of confidence:

The U.S. agency best known for eavesdropping on telephone calls had a hand in the development of Microsoft Corp.’s Vista operating system, the software vendor confirmed yesterday.

The National Security Agency stepped in to help Microsoft develop a configuration of its next-generation operating system that would meet U.S. Department of Defense requirements, said NSA spokesman Ken White.

The theory, I suppose, is that you might as well give them the keys because they’re going to get in anyway, and it’s less messy for everyone if they don’t have to smash the door down.