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RE: Hacker suspect says his PC was hijacked


From: Harry Hoffman <hhoffman () ip-solutions net>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 22:23:35 -0400

Great give MS another service to sell ;-) Of course they will require complete
access to your computer to give you the "full service".

Cheers,
Harry


Quoting Bojan Zdrnja <Bojan.Zdrnja () LSS hr>:

*> Ok, I think car-computer anology is *COMPLETELY* stupid, but here comes
*> another ...
*> 
*> > -----Original Message-----
*> > From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com
*> > [mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of
*> > Joshua Levitsky
*> > Sent: Tuesday, 14 October 2003 5:21 a.m.
*> > To: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
*> > Cc: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
*> > Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Hacker suspect says his PC was
*> > hijacked
*> >
*> > Or is it -your- responsibility to take it to an authorized dealer to
*> > have the recall performed? Nobody makes you service your car. Nobody
*> 
*> Nobody makes you service your car?
*> 
*> In all countries I lived in so far, you have to check your car at an
*> official service at least once a year, and somewhere once each six months to
*> be able to drive it. That official service should check all critical things
*> about your car and if something is wrong, it'll sent you to a mechanic.
*> 
*> I don't see that being done with computers (ie. No official service checks
*> your Windows every 6 months and if they are not ok, you can't use them
*> anymore).
*> 
*> I also think this thread is stupid :) But that's my opinion only.
*> 
*> Cheers,
*> 
*> Bojan
*> 
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Harry Hoffman
hhoffman () ip-solutions net

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