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Re: [backstage] BBC becomes the British Botnet Corporation

Peter Bowyer
Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:08:01 -0700

2009/3/13 Rob Myers <r...@robmyers.org>:
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Steve Jolly <st...@jollys.org> wrote:
>
>> Not sure I'm convinced - all operating systems have their vulnerabilities;
>
> All machines have their *theoretical* vulnerabilities. Only Windows
> has vast botnets built on them, or any effective malware threats
> exploiting them in the wild.

And a great way to change that is to allow users of other OSs to
believe and act as if they're not vulnerable.

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