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Windows is a gaping security hole
And the only thing funnier is seeing the apologists lining up to claim the exploit of the moment really isn't a serious problem.

Windows is insecure by design. And since we now know MSFT is copying large sections of the Windows code base into Vista, you can rest assured that MSFT Security Follies are most certainly going to continue their run for the indefinite future.

Last week it was WMF, this week it's Wi-Fi, who knows what's coming next week. But one thing is for sure, we'll hear the same tired excuses for MSFT's lame security.

Hooking up a PC with valuable personal information to a public network is pretty much a bad idea with any OS. Hooking up to a public network with Windoes and you might as well be writing your credit card number on napkins and handing them out to your fellow diners.
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Rep told us not to worry...  Mike Cox | 01/16/06
How much do you weigh?  TheCrow_z | 01/16/06
Why bother questioning Mike?  Grayson Peddie | 01/16/06
guess his weight...  linuxoverwindows | 01/17/06
Nothing discovered here  george_ou | 01/16/06
Question about this "vulnerability"  NonZealot | 01/16/06
Any kind of authentication would defeat it  george_ou | 01/17/06
using my wireless ap as a reference point...  linuxoverwindows | 01/17/06
time was estimate...  linuxoverwindows | 01/17/06
Thanks for that info! (NT)  NonZealot | 01/17/06
Try a distributed Beowolf setup  cburgess-iPALADIN | 01/21/06
And they can still be heard apologising  Richard Flude | 01/17/06
interesting article.  linuxoverwindows | 01/17/06
True so true  I'm Ye, the MS SHILL . | 01/17/06
true  linuxoverwindows | 01/17/06
My laptop is already secure by now.  Grayson Peddie | 01/16/06
I'm glad I don't use wi-fi.  HypnoToad | 01/16/06
I can't believe how much press this is getting  toadlife | 01/16/06
Fly in the soup  cburgess-iPALADIN | 01/21/06
Wi-Fi  ipfresh@... | 01/17/06
Windows is a gaping security hole  Chad_z | 01/17/06
There's a gaping hole, allright...  John Zern | 01/17/06
Re: Gaping Hole  BXLE | 01/17/06
should be more like...  linuxoverwindows | 01/17/06
smashed  Shelendrea | 01/17/06
Funny thing is...  SGT_Spam | 01/17/06
Oh, really?  Chad_z | 01/17/06
I bet you don't have Norton in your computer.  Grayson Peddie | 01/18/06
The Chicken Little Syndrome  Wolfie2K3 | 01/17/06
SP2  SGT_Spam | 01/17/06
Wi-Use Windows Wi-FI?  IT_Guy_z | 01/17/06
OEM Utility  SGT_Spam | 01/17/06
Not entirely new but none the less a serious problem  nicholasmiller | 01/20/06
Very good  cburgess-iPALADIN | 01/21/06
RIM  garryg24 | 01/24/06
Stopping Bogus Software Patents  roedy | 01/24/06
Patent Vultures  datadoc_z | 01/24/06
R.I.M. patent infringement.....  rickhal | 02/14/06

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