Linked by John O'Sullivan on Tue 7th Oct 2003 18:42 UTC
Microsoft has a little liability problem called Windows. Many are no doubt aware of a would-be class-action lawsuit launched last week in California. The suit targets Microsoft over security problems. The plaintiff is a woman who had her identity stolen. Details are
here. (NYTimes, free registration required)
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That if they are going to take the time and effort to ship a binary only product, they are the only ones that are able to make security changes, or know what is going on. Therefore, I think that they are liable.
I use linux, and I can (not that I am extremely capable to) make changes to the software, and inspect it as I choose. I do rely on others for a lot of fixes, but there are lots of eyes that see my sources, and therefore more open for someone to see a problem and fix it.
If they want to keep everything under lock and key, they are the one responisible for holes.