Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 20th Feb 2007 22:01 UTC
"Microsoft has gone out on a limb to promote Vista not merely as 'the most secure version of Windows ever' (every recent version is marketed with that tired slogan), but for the first time as an adequately secure version of Windows. 'We've got the message and we've done our homework', the company says. So let's see if the reality lives up to the marketing hype."
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RE[4]: The problem with critics...
by aGNUstic on Thu 22nd Feb 2007 13:05
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"My files are far more important than the O/S itself. I perhaps do not care much if my machine is turned into a spam relay station."
'Allowing someone to take control of your machines does not only hurt you, it hurts everybody shared infrastructure with you.'
How many people `actually know` how to secure thier machines? Seriously. I've met McSoft WinCode users who thought the monitor was the computer. I rarely find that with people who run BSD, Linux or OS X.
Like cars or weapons, people should be trained to use a computer. This is beyond the push the power buttons, move the mouse or use a keyboard. This training should include at a very minimum ... securing a computer.
Edited 2007-02-22 13:10
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2005-07-07
My files are far more important than the O/S itself. I perhaps do not care much if my machine is turned into a spam relay station
Unfortunately that is a common and dangerous attitude shared by a lot of users.
Allowing someone to take control of your machines does not only hurt you, it hurts everybody shared infrastructure with you.
Fortunately a couple of countries are starting to make people accountable for damage caused by their equipment if they don't handle it properly and deactivating security systems is quite unlikely considered appropriate.
I pitty all those who will be scapegoats the moment a distributed attach causes real damage and when the mob starts to demand blood.