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Symantec's Genesis to Usher in a New Age of Trust?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the grand-designs dept.

eldavojohn writes "Symantec has announced that they will be creating a massive security package called Genesis. Semantec has set their goal to 'Security 2.0' which is proposed to be 'a new age of trust on the Internet.' From the article: 'Symantec plans a one-stop software service tying together anti-virus, anti-spam, firewall and a host of other PC optimization technologies...' This is certainly something the common computer user could buy instead of having to fork over cash for every component. I don't think I'll be purchasing it though."

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  1. frist p0zt by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    my post is the first.

    Fuck you CMRtaco

  2. Or, you could simply.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    or you could simply install Linux and take the time learn how it works. This would alleviate a ton of 3rd party security garbage.. not to mention boost security and stability. Without the source code to your OS, there's no way to be sure that OS isn't sending your every keystroke and mouse click "back home". Never trust your personal info to a closed source operating system.

  3. ...Any hope that this will change someday? by acornboy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Uhm, yeah... its called a Mac and it was "been there done that" like, twenty some years ago