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Re: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users'
From: "Larry Seltzer" <larry () larryseltzer com>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:08:00 -0400
Good. I don't know another way to get people out of the administrator mode trap. If you're so lazy and careless you can turn off UAC or run with it as Administrator, in which case you just have to press a button instead of entering credentials. Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larry.seltzer () ziffdavisenterprise com ________________________________ From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Richard M. Smith Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 4:21 PM To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: [funsec] Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' http://www.news.com/Microsoft-Vista-feature-designed-to-annoy-users/2100 -1016_3-6237191.html?tag=nefd.top SAN FRANCISCO--A Microsoft manager has said that one of the security features in Vista was deliberately designed to "annoy users" to put pressure on third-party software makers to make their applications more secure. David Cross, a product unit manager at Microsoft, was the group program manager in charge of designing User Account Control (UAC), which, when activated, requires people to run Vista <http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9905831-56.html> in standard user mode rather than having administrator privileges, and offers a prompt if they try to install a program. "The reason we put UAC into the (Vista) platform was to annoy users--I'm serious," said Cross, speaking at the RSA Conference <http://www.news.com/RSA-2008-Blanketing-security/2009-7355_3-6236457.ht ml> here Thursday. "Most users had administrator privileges on previous Windows systems and most applications needed administrator privileges to install or run." Cross claimed that annoying users had been part of a Microsoft strategy to force independent software vendors (ISVs) to make their code more secure, as insecure code would trigger a prompt, discouraging users from executing the code. ...
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- Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' Richard M. Smith (Apr 11)
- Re: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' Larry Seltzer (Apr 11)
- Re: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' Blue Boar (Apr 12)
- Re: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Apr 12)
- Re: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' Blue Boar (Apr 12)
- Re: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Apr 12)
- Re: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' Valdis . Kletnieks (Apr 12)
- Re: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Apr 12)
- Re: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' Blue Boar (Apr 12)
- Re: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users' Larry Seltzer (Apr 11)