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Aussie Gov't Decides ISPs Aren't Responsible For Infected Computers
c0lo writes "In a sudden outburst of common sense, the Australian senate decided that it is not the government's responsibility to force ISPs to disconnect infected computers from the Internet. Peter Coroneos, chief of the Internet Industry Association, used a car analogy that actually makes sense: 'It would be like forcing car manufacturers to take responsibility for bad drivers.'"
No. It would be like forcing toll road operators to refuse access to cars that are actively spraying oil all over the road surface that have been causing accidents.
Democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the issue
The response from the general Australian public: "who are you, and what have you done with our politicians?"
So it could make sense to hold Microsoft responsible for an OS with a horrible security record
I don't know whether to agree or disagree with you o_O Yeah, this is off-topic, but one day I decided to install Live Messenger. Installation went fine, then I logged in.. and POOF, almost instantly I got "Security Tool" ( http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-security-tool.html ) on my PC. Needless to say Messenger didn't live long on my PC.
The thing is, if it was a Microsoft-made car even a small thing like adding a speaker could render the car a danger both to its operator and anyone else on the road. Sure, you could tune it up and pimp it like crazy, but sooner or later it'd go on a rampage while you're sleeping..
It would be more like a robot enter your vehicle through its wide-open windows, jacking into the electric system, manufacturing more robots out of the car material, then sending more robots out to enter other cars with open windows.
Yeah, people who spout out car analogies are like bad drivers with broken wing mirrors.