[Noisebridge-discuss] usb 'dead drops' at noisebridge?

[Mitch Altman]

> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 08:49:44 -0700
> From: adi at hexapodia.org
> To: maltman23 at hotmail.com
> CC: rubin at starset.net; noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] usb 'dead drops' at noisebridge?
> 
> On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 10:42:39PM -0700, Mitch Altman wrote:
> > As it turns out, I've never had a trojan, virus, worm, or any other
> > unwanted software on my computer. So, regardless of OS, I'm 100%. :)
> 
> That's an interesting claim! How do you know?
> 
> Merely not having noticed anything odd happening is hardly proof.
> 
> I harden my machines and am pretty darn careful, and AFAIK I've never
> been owned beyond getting pranked by stepping away from the keyboard
> while a friend's sitting at the same desk, but I'd hardly claim that I'm
> 100% sure I've never been 0dayed. I've certainly had servers I
> coadminned get owned by eastern europeans for spam purposes (and I
> thought those were pretty secure too).
 
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...
 

 
 
> > I really do hate all operating systems ('cause they all suck --
> > really, they do).
> 
> Yeah, they sure do! We're learning, slowly and uncertainly, I think.
> But we're still a long ways from computing nirvana...
 
And until then, we'll keep using these tools to the best of their and our abilities...
 
Mitch.
  		 	   		  
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