Sounds like a girl who only knows how to say yes. Fun! > On Sep 21, 2015, at 10:09 AM, Mike Arrigo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Some may disagree with what I am about to say, and that's fine, but that is > an example of a person who should not be using a computer, or at least not > have admin rights. > Original message: >> Both of you speak very nicely from the perspective of one who knows what >> they are doing, and are not afraid of the system. > >> I dated a person awhile ago who, any time a window opened on the screen, >> would panic and click ok or yes to make the box go away. She kept getting >> viruses, spyware, and other things all the time on her computer. This is >> another way of perceiving things, and it is more common than you might wish >> to believe. > >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: [email protected] >> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >> Sent from my iPhone > >>> On 19 Sep 2015, at 3:36 AM, Scott Granados <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> I’m torn on this. On one hand I’m glad that companies are taking security >>> more seriously and are taking steps. On the other hand, you make a great >>> point do we need our hands held? My gut says this could get overbearing >>> and way to restrictive but then I see posts from people who probably don’t >>> understand the ramifications asking for step by step directions how to turn >>> off a feature that may not need disabling. No harm in asking I just get >>> concerned if someone doesn’t have a full understanding of the impact of >>> what they are doing and does it and then infects others. Maybe the way to >>> go is the way it’s being done. Enable the feature, have a means to disable >>> it but make the means to disable tricky enough that it requires some >>> reading first where one could be informed of the risks. I don’t know. I’m >>> the first to say don’t tell me what to do with my own hardware but I also >>> see on a daily basis how much malware traffic is out there and it’s a >>> massive amount. As in many things, it sounds like a balancing act. > >>>> On Sep 18, 2015, at 11:25 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: > >>>> Who’s happy? Everyone, I guess, except nerds—not even the nerds who gave >>>> their loved ones iPads because they’re invulnerable to all the >>>> spyware/ransomeware/whatever that spawns all the time on Windows boxen. > >>>> It’s a trend. I don’t think it’s a good trend, in much the same way that >>>> I don’t think it would be a good trend for kitchen knives to be blunted >>>> because you can do accidental or deliberate harm with them. But eh, I get >>>> it. I can’t print “An Idiot’s Guide To Computer Security: every wrong >>>> move that’ll get me infected and a punch in the mouth” on the default >>>> printer of newly updated copies of $OS, so I’ll just restrain the user in >>>> a straightjacket instead. I’ll even allow them to choose a colour. Bleh. > >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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