U.K. Says Botnets Good Sign

An anonymous reader writes "A UK government official has claimed that botnet infections should be celebrated, as they prove that Britain is a prosperous place with high broadband take-up. Is this an interesting new spin on hacking attacks, or sheer madness?" From the article: "The suggestion that botnet infections have their positive side sparked some surprise within the audience. One attendee pointed out that he 'wouldn't want the value of being number one in infections to be extended to bird flu'."

Comments

Re:we should be glad car stereos are stolen

[timeOday]

Thought experiment: somebody gives you a piece of paper with a list of numbers (and nothing else). The numbers are car stereo theft rates. You have to pick a number, and move to the country with that theft rate.

Would you pick a high number, a low number, or something in between?

Re:Erm

[jacksonj04]

I second that motion. I wish I had a penny for every time I have been trying to explain why Automatic Updates is a good thing, and why you should leave the firewall turned on by default.

Re:Labour Vs Lib Dems

[UpnAtom]

Former MP Richard Allan is a hero of the No2ID resistance movement.

Back in February, when few had a clue that our totalitarian Government was plotting the creation of a database on citizens 20x more intrusive than anything else on the planet, Richard was busy trying to explain it to any MP who would listen.

He was also one of the few who understood the 'Nazi Enablement Act' which granted our Government unlimited power under the law.

And he questioned the Government on who DID actually seize Indymedia servers.

Re:Erm

[KanSer]

Isn't it just proof the UK has some of the least-informed and competent computer using populations in the world?

Getting pwned is never a good thing, no matter what spin machine processes the data.