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Pwn2Own 2009 Winner Charlie Miller Interviewed

crazipper writes "Tom's Hardware interviewed Charlie Miller, winner of this year's Pwn2Own contest and formerly with the NSA. He discusses the effort it took before the contest to be able to take down a MacBook within seconds, sandboxing, and the effectiveness of the NX bit and ASLR. His outlook on end-users protecting themselves against attacks? 'Users are at the mercy of the products they buy.'"

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  1. Obama Policies Will Bankrupt USA Tsarkon Reports by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  2. In other news... by djupedal · · Score: 0, Troll

    > Users are at the mercy of the products they buy

    Terminator the movie...1984 - Kyle Reese: "Pain can be controlled - you just disconnect it."

  3. Re:Users are at the mercy of the products they buy by Savage-Rabbit · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why can't you sue a software company if you suffer a loss due to poor security in their product?

    *Can't...stop...myself...must...don...tinfoil...hat*

    It's because the leadership of the USA realised years ago that if such laws were passed the subsequent class-action lawsuits might bankrupt Microsoft.... they just couldn't go and do that to one of the nation's biggest tech companies, now could they?

    --
    Only to idiots, are orders laws.
    -- Henning von Tresckow
  4. Re:Grandma can't run Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    How were you able to install linux if you CAN'T FUCKING READ?

  5. Re:What's this all about "PC/Mac/Linux"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yeah, Apple only builds homo computers.

    Fixed that 4 u.