re: Another serious blow delivered to the validity of EULAs Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 1:57 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by gewg_ (3925 messages posted) Steve wrote: |[...]browsing a Linux Forum |[...]Threads on just how to upgrade from Firefox 1.0 to Firefox 1.5. |Most were so Clueless they did not realize the added security Firefox 1.5 had |over 1.0 was mostly irrelevant since they were using Linux to start with. Well, it's not unwise to plug as many holes as possible. There have been several gotcha stories lately about "Linux botnets" --though the meme is too small to apply the same term as M$ mass-infections. (Apparently, admins who use Linux are stupidly transmitting passwords in the clear.) ...and the worrywarts you saw were undoubtedly former Windoze users. 8-)) There are 2 terrible habits that M$ users form: 1) Allow poorly-written apps that shouldn't need admin privileges on their boxes. 1a) Grant those the elevated privileges their sucky developers have required. (Obviously, doesn't apply to 9x where EVERYTHING runs as root. 8-| ) 2) Download lots of band-aids to "solve" the multitude of flaws in the basic install. It reminds one of the meme of popping pills to get healthy. (...and trying to treat a series of ax wounds with band-aids is a poor plan anyway --not to mention the old close-the-gate-after-they've-bolted thing.) There is also a 3rd element--but that has less to do with the user's discretion: An operating system that passes out elevated privileges to processes like it was handing out Halloween candy. (...and so many folks don't know about e.g. BlackViper's guide to services.) So, when users finally get an ecosystem with REAL security, they're still gun-shy. I may have posted this before. It goes to the heart of the problem. cache of http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/antivirusculture Written in response to: re: Another serious blow delivered to the validity of EULAs (Steve: Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 11:47 am) Responses to this message: re: Another serious blow delivered to the validity of EULAs (sekirt: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 5:37 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Another serious blow delivered to the validity of EULAs (gewg_: Wed, Oct 7, 2009, 2:54 pm) re: Another serious blow delivered to the validity of EULAs (Steve: Wed, Oct 7, 2009, 6:42 pm) re: Another serious blow delivered to the validity of EULAs (gewg_: Wed, Oct 7, 2009, 10:20 pm) re: Another serious blow delivered to the validity of EULAs (Steve: Thu, Oct 8, 2009, 6:58 am) re: Another serious blow delivered to the validity of EULAs (gewg_: Thu, Oct 8, 2009, 11:15 am) re: Another serious blow delivered to the validity of EULAs (Steve: Thu, Oct 8, 2009, 11:47 am) re: Another serious blow delivered to the validity of EULAs (gewg_: Thu, Oct 8, 2009, 1:57 pm) re: Another serious blow delivered to the validity of EULAs (sekirt: Sat, Oct 17, 2009, 5:37 am) re: Another serious blow delivered to the validity of EULAs (gewg_: Sat, Oct 17, 2009, 2:05 pm) re: Another serious blow delivered to the validity of EULAs (sekirt: Sun, Oct 18, 2009, 11:20 pm) re: Another serious blow delivered to the validity of EULAs (gewg_: Mon, Oct 19, 2009, 12:02 pm) The single biggest problem on the 'Net (was:...EULAs) (gewg_: Tue, Oct 27, 2009, 7:28 pm) INFECTIONS: The old wives' tale put to bed (gewg_: Wed, Nov 11, 2009, 2:03 pm) re: INFECTIONS: The old wives' tale put to bed (sekirt: Wed, Nov 11, 2009, 2:37 pm) re: INFECTIONS: The old wives' tale put to bed (gewg_: Wed, Nov 11, 2009, 6:24 pm) re: INFECTIONS: The old wives' tale put to bed (sekirt: Wed, Nov 11, 2009, 7:46 pm) re: INFECTIONS: The old wives' tale put to bed (gewg_: Wed, Nov 11, 2009, 10:53 pm) re: INFECTIONS: The old wives' tale put to bed (sekirt: Wed, Nov 11, 2009, 11:20 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum