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Klez, The Virus that Keeps on Giving
kylus writes "Wired is running a story about the continued escapades of the Klez virus, and the damage--both to finances and reputations--that it is leaving behind. Between emails from a dead friend and porno spam appearing to be sent from a priest, I think "Don't Believe the 'From' Line" is the correct lesson."
God bless microsoft email viruses. I'm on a modem for a few weeks and downloading
countless megs of mail viruses is extremely frusterating. Course I'm still
getting sircams.
Japanese lass' sexy pictures
That should have been their FIRST tip off the emails were frauds. If they were really from preists they'd be Japanese virgin sexy pictures.
Never confuse volume with power.
Unfortunately, I believe AOL won't let its customers (CmdrTaco) telnet into their mail servers. Damn shame, really. And besides, Malda's not really sure how to call up HyperTerminal just yet...i mean, there's no icon on the desktop!! How are you supposed to open the program without the damn icon??!?!?
If a bank manager decided to leave the vault and the office doors wide open for one night, and the following day everything had been stolen, who is to be held responsible? The bank manager or the thieves?
The answer is all of them.
Unfortunately, liability has yet to be soundly worked out in the software industry, and Microsoft continues to walk free for what should be considered criminal negligence. "How were they negligent", someone asks? Well, marketing software as an idiot-proof point-and-click haven, when it clearly isn't, is simply negligent.
Microsoft really should be taken to court by those damaged by these viruses. Microsoft can't claim they didn't know about security holes, when the holes have been so obvious for years, now. This is no different than an auto company putting prices on passenger's lives to improve margins or tobacco companies continuing to sell cigarettes when they are clearly harmful. Microsoft simply cares more about profit than protecting its customers.
Healthcare article at Kuro5hin
Yes, science may not have caused many wars, but how many people has science killed in wars?
"How many wars has science caused?"
How many wars has science ended, is probably a much more interesting question.
Not everyone deserves a 320i