dedazo, you said Imagine if Apple suddenly discovered a vulnerability like Blaster after it had already shipped a million boxes, and a lot of people got nailed when the brought their shiny new Mac home. What would be the likely reaction? It would go like this: "Well, you should have used a $25 NAT router you moron luser!!! What, do you expect Apple to patch shipped boxes sitting in a warehouse? No! It's your responsibility to make sure you're safe! OS X rulez!!"
Perhaps that would be your point of view, but it would not be mine. My reaction would be that Apple should do a better job on their OS, and place a higher emphasis on security.
dedazo, I believe your question was "Please provide examples of this." (To invisibly and automatically install spyware, rootkits, or viruses without any yes/no/put in your admin password is what made Windows so insecure)
so vertinox did (The Blaster Worm nailed my parents new computer they bought from the store within 10 minutes of hooking it up to the net.)
The fact that you didn't get hit by Blaster doesn't negate the point that vertinox was making - it is possible to get hit by a virus without the user doing something foolish (unless, of course, you consider buying a new computer with Windows pre-installed, and connecting to the internet, as being a foolish action.)
In my preferences, I have set OSTG Navbar off (Misc tab in preferences)
When I set the Navbar to off, the proposed redesign doesn't look good at all. Or is that just me? Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2
The citizen is accusing the mayor of using the city newsletter mailing list for campaign fund-raising. This has not been proven yet, so I am wiling to give the mayor the benefit of the doubt, using the information in TFA.
I think that the city's interpretation of the law was reasonable: e-mail addresses should be treated the same as physical mail addresses, and handed out in the same way. A judge decided that since the law mentioned physical mail addresses and not e-mail addresses, e-mail addresses should be treated differently. I think this is a case where laws written before the advent of electronic communcations need to be rewritten. An e-mail address should be treated (from a legal point of view) the same as a physical address in most cases, and in particular in this case.
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Perhaps that would be your point of view, but it would not be mine. My reaction would be that Apple should do a better job on their OS, and place a higher emphasis on security.
dedazo, I believe your question was "Please provide examples of this." (To invisibly and automatically install spyware, rootkits, or viruses without any yes/no/put in your admin password is what made Windows so insecure)
so vertinox did (The Blaster Worm nailed my parents new computer they bought from the store within 10 minutes of hooking it up to the net.)
The fact that you didn't get hit by Blaster doesn't negate the point that vertinox was making - it is possible to get hit by a virus without the user doing something foolish (unless, of course, you consider buying a new computer with Windows pre-installed, and connecting to the internet, as being a foolish action.)
In my preferences, I have set OSTG Navbar off (Misc tab in preferences) When I set the Navbar to off, the proposed redesign doesn't look good at all. Or is that just me? Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2
The citizen is accusing the mayor of using the city newsletter mailing list for campaign fund-raising. This has not been proven yet, so I am wiling to give the mayor the benefit of the doubt, using the information in TFA. I think that the city's interpretation of the law was reasonable: e-mail addresses should be treated the same as physical mail addresses, and handed out in the same way. A judge decided that since the law mentioned physical mail addresses and not e-mail addresses, e-mail addresses should be treated differently. I think this is a case where laws written before the advent of electronic communcations need to be rewritten. An e-mail address should be treated (from a legal point of view) the same as a physical address in most cases, and in particular in this case.