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> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 08:49:44 -0700<BR>> From: adi@hexapodia.org<BR>> To: maltman23@hotmail.com<BR>> CC: rubin@starset.net; noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net<BR>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] usb 'dead drops' at noisebridge?<BR>> <BR>> On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 10:42:39PM -0700, Mitch Altman wrote:<BR>> > As it turns out, I've never had a trojan, virus, worm, or any other<BR>> > unwanted software on my computer. So, regardless of OS, I'm 100%. :)<BR>> <BR>> That's an interesting claim! How do you know?<BR>> <BR>> Merely not having noticed anything odd happening is hardly proof.<BR>> <BR>> I harden my machines and am pretty darn careful, and AFAIK I've never<BR>> been owned beyond getting pranked by stepping away from the keyboard<BR>> while a friend's sitting at the same desk, but I'd hardly claim that I'm<BR>> 100% sure I've never been 0dayed. I've certainly had servers I<BR>> coadminned get owned by eastern europeans for spam purposes (and I<BR>> thought those were pretty secure too).<BR>
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True -- no way to know. Unfortunately, this is true regardless of OS. (They really do all suck.) Some OS's are targeted more than others...<BR> <BR><BR>
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<BR>> > I really do hate all operating systems ('cause they all suck --<BR>> > really, they do).<BR>> <BR>> Yeah, they sure do! We're learning, slowly and uncertainly, I think.<BR>> But we're still a long ways from computing nirvana...<BR> <BR>And until then, we'll keep using these tools to the best of their and our abilities...<BR>
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Mitch.<BR>
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