On Wednesday 17 May 2017 02:31:04 Deborah Swanson wrote: > > Chris Angelico wrote, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 9:50 PM > > > > > For the person who's using it, or for all the malware authors > > > who are gleefully using your computer as their own > > > playground? It certainly is a fine operating system for the > > > latter. > > > > > > ChrisA > > > > Nobody's used my XP for a malware playground since about > > 2006. I used to have about a dozen traps and traces that put > > a stop to all that. Now I only have one, and it hasn't seen > > hide nor hair of a single trace or sign of malware in the 6 > > or so years that I've had only that one sentry. > > > > Not my problem if people can't use their computers and browse > > the web sensibly. And I repeat, it's not something I should > > be continually beat around the head about. > > > > So please stop beating me up about it, you fools. > > > > Deborah > > Can you imagine how much money and grief could have been saved with a > massive computer and internet use education blitz back in about 2005, > instead of the coddling and "saving from the malware monsters" that we > got instead? I figured out how to do it, surely others could. (I was > way too sick then to do any more than protect myself.) > > People are barely little safer from malware today than they were in > 2005. The evidence from that is the proliferation of identity theft, > fraudulent tax returns for refunds and the pervasive presence, power > and purloined wealth of the malware kings. And they don't just prey on > hapless XP users, follow the research yourself. Windows 7+ is > outstripping XP victims now, no doubt all the shaming to make XP users > upgrade has merely decimated their numbers and made the bandwagon > climbers-on vulnerable to all the Windows7+ tools the malware kings > can now employ (don't you guys read any of this stuff?). Windows 7+ is > no protection from malware, the malware kings are just stealthier and > more technically expert now. Just because your machine isn't behaving > like a malware-ridden XP did in the early 2000's doesn't mean that the > malware kings aren't getting you. > > But the myth that modern Windows users are safe from malware is just > that, a myth. I have plenty of Microsoftie friends who tell me > privately that this is so. And if these new operating systems were > designed from the get go to be so safe from malware, why the need for > the constant stream of patches, and the thousands (or more) of > zero-days they haven't devised patches for yet, or they even know are > out there to be patched? Why are botnets still a flourishing > enterprise, and now ransomware is on the rise? Hint, the malware kings > aren't raking in all their wealth and power from XP machines alone. > > It's a strange, strange world when people surrender their > responsibilities to the money makers who promise them safety and > security with no sweat required. And they get to let the NSA and other > government black actors spy on them for free in the bargain. It's a > strange, strange world. > > Deborah
Pay attention to this lady, she has BTDT enough to make an astute observation. I'm hiding behind a locked down dd-wrt router, but sure as hell, some black hat will find a way to get past it. No one has in a decade yet, but... Deborah is correct. Everytime you lock a door, put another differently locked door to back it up. And its not going to change until the castle doctrine extends to ones net presence. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
