__/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Monday 14 August 2006 12:00 \__
>> All went well for a year or so (seems those critical patches aren't so
>> critical after all, as long as you run a good router, firewall and
>> antivirus, and take care with email attachments).
>>
>
> Recently Hadron Quark and earlier DFS have been saying that all the
> stories about hassles with Windows malware on this ng are exaggerated,
> that they have run smoothly with Windows for some time by following a
> few simple procedures and rules. I think I believe them up to a point,
> if you do what you say (router, firewall, antivirus, email clicking
> rules). But I don't believe them that this is no more hassle than what
> you have security-wise with Linux or OS X (and it assumes you have
> nothing but disciplined users around, no teenagers etc). Still, I
> wonder, if one must run Windows, can one not put it behind a good
> firewall and then ignore all the upgrades, including the WGA headaches?
> Of course eventually software would come out that would not work on
> the older OS, but that would be a while. Of course ultimate safety
> would be stand-alone, that would allow you to run all the games that
> people say are Windows-only for as long as you wanted.
>
> Speaking of When Greed Attacks, Microsoft deserves some kind of award
> for Orwellian use of language: Windows Genuine Advantage = Piracy
> Audit, Trusted Computing = We Don't Trust You, etc etc.
Not quite the same, but...
Anti-phishing (in IE7) = we want to 'phish' [1] the list of all the pages you
visit. It helps us improve MSN/Live and makes the US government happy(ier).
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing
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