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Homer to All

Re: Are All Windows PCs Infected?

10 Feb 11 15:16:24

   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: usenet@slated.org   
      
   Verily I say unto thee, that SomeBloke spake thusly:   
      
   > Microsoft’s UAC just doesn't hack it in my opinion. Too easily   
   > bypassed or even turned off. Completely misses the point of security.   
      
   That's exactly why I dislike PolicyKit:   
      
   http://tacticalvim.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/fedora-12-local-user   
   -can-install-packages-wo-root-password/   
      
   I.e. if it ain't broke, break it.   
      
   --   
   K.                           | "MS is working fast and furious   
   http://slated.org            |  on security." ~ DFS, June 2004   
   Fedora 8 (Werewolf) on sky   |   
   kernel 2.6.31.5, up 47 days  |  http://tinyurl.com/doofygoofs1   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)

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