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IE Flaw Gives Hackers Access To User Files
snydeq writes "Microsoft warned that a flaw in IE gives attackers access to files stored on a PC under certain conditions. 'Our investigation so far has shown that if a user is using a version of Internet Explorer that is not running in Protected Mode an attacker may be able to access files with an already known filename and location,' Microsoft said in a security advisory. The vulnerability requires that an attacker knows the name of the file they want to access, according to the company."
First, it's up to us to educate them. Second, if cars were free would you drive a Yugo or a Porche?
Free Martian Whores!
You found sites that still need IE? Here in 2010?
If a site needs IE today, I don't need that particular site.
Price is not the only reason people prefer Free as in Freedom. I for one would rather pay $500 for Linux than to use Windows at no cost, even if Windows were better suited to my needs than Linux rather than the other way around. Freedom is what matters most to me, not price. Freedom doesn't guarantee that there won't be problems, but it does guarantee that you and your data will not be held hostage by them. Likewise it doesn't guarantee perfect security, but it does mean that security problems can, and very likely will, be found and fixed.
Nonaggression works!
Psychology of "facebook generation" explains this behaviour - majority of people have the urge to show themselves (through pictures, texts, videos, etc.) to others.
This is also known as a form of exebitionism. Makers of IE know that very well and use it to their advantage - by having peepholes in their products in order to gain popularity. The percentage of people using their products just proves the theory.
Someone who has used more than one OS: Microsoft sucks. Someone (fanboy) who has only used Windows(TM): Linux/BSD/HURD sucks. Peggy Mann: There's so much we don't know (and we wish to remain ignorant until we can prove a negative). RIAA: What about the starving musicians. Me: I need more coffee.