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The philosophy of security
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Bolton, UK
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Statement 1:
I think that all OS's are very secure these days if used with the standard internet access tools, most exploits are "potential" only, and I don't want to see computers lose boatloads of usability for the sake of "potential" issues which never really materialise.
Statement 2:
I think that all OS's are full of holes, and when they are discovered someone is bound to take advantage. Patching them is vital to protect my data, and whenever there is a conflict, convenience must come second.
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Last edited by barney ntd; May 10, 2005 at 02:20 PM.
Reason: improved wording)
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Dec 2000
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If some malware app hoses my hard drive and forces me to reinstall the OS and all my apps and restore all my data from backup, then all of a sudden it's not that convenient anymore, is it?
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: The Sar Chasm
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Originally Posted by CharlesS
If some malware app hoses my hard drive and forces me to reinstall the OS and all my apps and restore all my data from backup, then all of a sudden it's not that convenient anymore, is it?
^^^ what he said.
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When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. -- Jonathan Swift.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Nov 1999
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Seconded [thirded]?
Security should be made as convenient as possible, but it should never be sacrificed in the name of convenience. Only seldom are the two concepts mutually exclusive, but when they are security should win.
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You are in Soviet Russia. It is dark. Grue is likely to be eaten by YOU!
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Memphis, Tn. USA
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Originally Posted by CharlesS
If some malware app hoses my hard drive and forces me to reinstall the OS and all my apps and restore all my data from backup, then all of a sudden it's not that convenient anymore, is it?
Worse yet is if it were a Trojan widget waiting a month to activate.
I keep 3 cloned firewire drives rotating backup every week. If Trojan waited a month to activate, I would have to revert to DVD backups and have to recreate.........
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Bolton, UK
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Still no-one's voted for option 1. Either asdasd hasn't voted, or he doesn't agree with his own statement in another thread!
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