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Re: Sony DRM CDs infect Macs, too


From: Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:32:38 -0600

--On Friday, November 11, 2005 11:14:52 +1300 Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk> wrote:

I mean, in the battle between enabling the pink flying elephant feature
and improved security, does anyone at MS or Apple really believe that
requiring a SOHO user to type in their administrator or root password
is really going to be a serious impediment to the installation of
(ultimately unwanted) pink flying elephant features?

If they were serious about security, they'd make you type it twice.  ;-)

Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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