2009/3/13 Rob Myers <[email protected]>: > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Peter Bowyer <[email protected]> wrote: >> 2009/3/13 Rob Myers <[email protected]>: >>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Steve Jolly <[email protected]> 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. > > If forewarned is forearmed, this applies to knowing which platform is > the greater theoretical and practical security risk. > > It does not justify hiding that information with a false equivalency
If you're going to tell a naive computer user one thing, what would it be? I'd say it should be something like 'all computers are vulnerable to security breaches, take suitable precautions'. Discussions about the relative vulnerability of their computer compared with the others on the planet can come later, and shouldn't affect their reaction to the above. -- Peter Bowyer Email: [email protected] Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/peeebeee - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
