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The Inquirer is reporting on the Microsoft Partner Conference and they've learned that security is Microsoft's #1 priority!

In the final analysis, I'd like to counterbalance Microsoft's responsibility for the overwhelming frequency of computer-security related crimes with the that of individual computer users. In defense of Microsoft, no amount of gadgetry will protect Ma and Pa Main Street from confidence scams and social engineering attacks. No amount of local, state, federal or international legislation is going to solve the problem either--we cannot afford to turn these skirmishes against cybercrime into a "world wide war". That means individual computer users are going to have to get serious about issues of online privacy and security.

You can read the rest of their report over here.

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#37187 Posted on: 07/12/2005 09:58 PM This has long been an issue with how I go about my daily life. But as I see it, unless technology finds a way to "police" itself, the system, as it stands is doomed. The computer is a tool to the common folk by and large. It's like a car, they don't know or care about how it works or what all those little doohickies and gadgets are under the hood. They just want to take it in for servicing on occasion, put some gas into it and get to where they want to be getting. People should use turn signals, shouldn't speed, shouldn't pass on the shoulder...and the list goes on, but they still do. And that's with laws prohibiting alot of those activities. They don't know or care about anti-virus. How many times have you looked at some average Joe's PC and found the anti-virus disabled because "Oh, that? It just causes problems..." Or the definitions horribly out of date because they were turned off? Let's face it, the internet is a new medium for one of the older tricks in the book. Scams have been around for a long time, and will be for quite a while yet. And that same freak, with a different face, will be buzzing down I-95 at 80 mph in a Yugo years from now as well. As always, you are entitled to your opinion. That's all this is, my opinion. So don't go telling me I am all full of fecal material or a rectal orifice, just tell me what you think. Opinions can be changed too... Regards, Don (4) Linux/x86-64 clients taking advantage of the overvalued project goodness while it lasts.

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