As someone who works broadband support, that's because we need to eliminate that as a cause of blocked connections. I cannot count how many times that IE/Firefox/Outlook won't connect or browse because of a badly configured firewall. If it's not the problem, we tell you to turn it back on straight away, because we like our servers un-molested by botnets and zombies.
If you haven't got a clue how tech support works, I think you should probably rein in your complaints about what we will or will not let you do on our connections.
Also bear in mind that broadband internet is a priviledge you pay for, not a right, and therefore your connection to it is on our terms, not yours:P
Yes. I have never associated and never will associate any of those companies with technology at all.
Take out those companies and you basically have a Linux news site which occasionally talks about books.
I don't know which post you were replying to, as it certainly wasn't mine. Advocating some prudence on Apple's part is not the same thing as demanding that Mac owners cower in fear from possible security flaws.
I do repeat (as I suggest everyone adopts as a mantra), there is no such thing as a secure system, and living in the belief that there is is a fallacy that can only lead to tears in the long run.
I did, however, enjoy how you said that it would never happen, then invalidated that point by describing the measures you have in place in case it does, which is exactly what I was saying in the first place.
...just because it hasn't happened yet (in the field, as it were), doesn't mean it won't happen. Apple would do better looking like they're on top of it even if it does appear to be non-event.
There is no such thing as a secure system.
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As someone who works broadband support, that's because we need to eliminate that as a cause of blocked connections. I cannot count how many times that IE/Firefox/Outlook won't connect or browse because of a badly configured firewall. If it's not the problem, we tell you to turn it back on straight away, because we like our servers un-molested by botnets and zombies.
:P
If you haven't got a clue how tech support works, I think you should probably rein in your complaints about what we will or will not let you do on our connections.
Also bear in mind that broadband internet is a priviledge you pay for, not a right, and therefore your connection to it is on our terms, not yours
Yes. I have never associated and never will associate any of those companies with technology at all. Take out those companies and you basically have a Linux news site which occasionally talks about books.
I don't know which post you were replying to, as it certainly wasn't mine. Advocating some prudence on Apple's part is not the same thing as demanding that Mac owners cower in fear from possible security flaws.
I do repeat (as I suggest everyone adopts as a mantra), there is no such thing as a secure system, and living in the belief that there is is a fallacy that can only lead to tears in the long run.
I did, however, enjoy how you said that it would never happen, then invalidated that point by describing the measures you have in place in case it does, which is exactly what I was saying in the first place.
...just because it hasn't happened yet (in the field, as it were), doesn't mean it won't happen. Apple would do better looking like they're on top of it even if it does appear to be non-event. There is no such thing as a secure system.