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Re: Even you can be hacked


From: Jeff Kell <jeff-kell () utc edu>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 19:25:46 -0400


james edwards wrote:

Sean Donelan wrote:
If you leave your lights on, the electric company will send you a bill.
If the neighbor taps into your power lines after the meter...?

Not a reasonable argument. It is expected that unpatched hosts will
get infected and it has been well reported on how users should
protect themselves. A neighbor tapping another power is not something
to occurs often. It is not reasonable
to expect this to happen. It's not even a reasonable argumnet.

Suppose your neighbor is running wide open wireless...

Jeff


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