Andrew Jaquith
Andrew Jaquith
allowing brothers card credit giving information internet lots problem terrified thousands track ways
In the U.S., Americans are terrified of Big Brother. Yet we have no problem allowing lots of Little Brothers, such as the credit card companies, to have our information indefinitely. So now we have thousands of Little Brothers and the Internet giving us hundreds of new ways to track people.
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If Microsoft had not combined the two, you would still see the mainstream antivirus vendors all trying to premium-price all these things separately.
benefit default user
Clearly, the user doesn't benefit from these default settings.
block congress disclosure hope information likelihood private
I hope H&R Block doesn't do it again. The likelihood of Congress criminalizing disclosure of private information is growing.
comment positive seen single software together
I haven't seen a single positive comment about this and it makes them look at little slimy, ... They should have been above-board and should have used software that they hadn't cobbled together themselves.
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It's a good idea for Symantec to refresh the Norton product line, which has a strong following among businesses and consumers,
computers looked workers
They looked at everything workers did on the computers.
code prevent
It's one thing to say you can't have executable code and another to actually prevent that from happening.
born fbi glad sucker warning
As PT Barnum put it, there is a sucker born every minute. I'm glad to see the FBI warning consumers.
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The main value of threat response services is the global intelligence network that feeds it. A robust global network with sophisticated data analysis differentiates one service from the next. It is a key determining factor when choosing a security provider.
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The flaw is potentially serious because it allows an attacker to gain remote control of a system. However, it requires getting the malicious payload on to the target system first. The most likely way would be e-mail.
becomes itself widespread worm
If the worm can embed itself in a user's program, it becomes a widespread problem.
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It's good to see Microsoft helping bring fraudsters like these to justice.
crying problems question security stream
It's not a question of someone crying wolf. It's just that there are so many wolves, there is a lot of crying going on. It's just one more thing in a never-ending stream of security problems for Windows.