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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What a mess this is going to be. I guess her computer must be siezed to see if she applied the MS patches regularly, updated to the latest secure version of the particular software she was running, was using antivirus software like everyone should, (maybe symantec or McAfee should be sued too!)...and the list goes on and on and on.
Maybe the websites should be sued because they "could" impliment 256 bit security if they wanted to, but hardly anybody does. And maybe the thief should sue the plaintiff for allowing him to access her identy so easily...after all it was just too tempting for the thief who we all know is really not a theif, but just has a mental illness and couldn't help himself when these identies that are so easily accessible and insufficiently protected through the lack of secure software!
As usual it will end up being everyone's fault .....except for the theif!!!