> I'm all fine with noting that certain products are particularly awful. > However, we have to be aware that users are simply not going to be required > to go get a CompSci degree specializing in risk management and virus > cleansing prior to being allowed to buy a computer. This implies that our > operating systems need to be more secure, way more secure, our applications > need to be less permissive, probably way less permissive, probably even > sandboxed by default, our networks need to be more resilient to threats, > ranging from simple things such as BCP38 and automatic detection of certain > obvious violations, to more comprehensive things such as mandatory virus > scanning by e-mail providers, etc., ... there's a lot that could be done, > that most on the technology side of things have been unwilling to commit > to.
Great comments Joe, and I agree with you that there is a lot more that can be done and should be done, but there is a main difference with your recount about the auto industry, all those changes were pushed by evolving regulation and changes in the law and enforcement. Going back then to a previous question, do we want more/any regulation ? Cheers Jorge
