It was true when they wrote the rule back in NT 4 days I suspect. It might have been true still in 2005 when they wrote that blog post.
Now it’s an embarrassing shit show.
Trustworthy Computing means that you have the choice to trust Microsoft, as they vend the entire OS - and assuming you actually pay the big bucks[0], you can also be certain the data on the OS isn't being used for advertising purposes.
Windows provides trustworthy computing, but by no means is it required. iOS is the opposite of this where you're forced to trust Apple, which comes with UX inconveniences.
0: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compare-micros...
Yeah MS is full of shit. No one should be trusting windows at this point. Windows had its fair share of easter eggs anyway (at least up until NT) and more recently I saw this one: https://old.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/gxgyvd/i_think_i_f...
"One of the aspects of Trustworthy Computing is that you can trust what's on your computer."
Then explain to me why my laptop is always running the fans. Explain to me why there's always some OS-related background process chewing CPU and draining the battery. Explain the lack of transparency and control I have over these processes. Explain to me why such processes are "essential" when neither macOS or Linux behave similarly. Explain to me why Windows 11 is slow and unstable. Explain to me why it appears to be engineered to actively thwart my attempts to get useful work done.
Trustworthy, my eye.
Their whole line of reasoning is faulty BS built on a false premise.