__/ [ John Locke ] on Monday 30 April 2007 00:02 \__
> On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:53:12 -0700, flyer <flyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>The shoddy lie called Passport security gets worse:
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>>"market share was more important than their user's security,"
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>>http://news.com.com/2100-1001-275366.html
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> This is serious stuff. Glad I wasn't a subscriber:
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> "It is very clear that either Microsoft does not have sufficient
> resources in place to properly review the security of their services
> and software, or that they are aware of the shortcomings but decided
> that attempting to gain market share was more important than their
> user's security," he stated in his paper outlining the attack.
That has been the problem since day 1. Made the system 'user friendly', even
if that means there's simply no underlying mechanism for security. Then came
the Internet as a 'plugin'.
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