Michael O'Keefe said:
>>>From the user's point of view, no security is worth the tradeoff, so
>>>arguing about it is useless.
>
> If that were true, they wouln't be all running around now worrying
> about
> AdWare, SpyWare, Trojans and Virii. Or is that just noise coming from
> the
> industries that detect and expunge them, and the average user really
> doesn't care all that much about these things ?
They're not seeking them out for security reasons, the spyware,
trojans and viruses are slowing down their computers making them
unsatisfactory to use. If they were interested in security, they would
practice good computing and not be susceptable to them. If the
computer didn't become sluggish or they didn't have data errors, they
would never even notice the adware, spyware, trojans and viruses. It's
not a security issue for the average user, it's a useability issue.
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