The Real Joke (Sacrificing liberty for convenience)

Sacred Cow Burgers ^ | 08/06/2005 | Sacred Cow Burgers

[supercat]

Hacker love challeges, they would prefer to go up against Windows Vista that older OS's because it is the newest OS on the block.

Yes, but if some money were indirectly filtered to them from Microsoft, they might hack the targets Microsoft wants them to hack.

[Paul C. Jesup]

Yes, but if some money were indirectly filtered to them from Microsoft, they might hack the targets Microsoft wants them to hack.

Only an idiot would do such a thing. It would cross the line from question business practices to criminal internet terrorism. And when the hackers talked, and they will, it would create such a scandal that the stocks would nose drive and there would not be company left when the class action lawsuits (from the customers) and the feds were through with them.

[MizSterious]

Just read the commentary. I'm sure there's even more...but this alone is enough to make me consider tossing the ol' computer when it finally breathes its last, and going back to hand-written missives for communication and books for reading.

[supercat]

Only an idiot would do such a thing. It would cross the line from question business practices to criminal internet terrorism. And when the hackers talked, and they will, it would create such a scandal that the stocks would nose drive and there would not be company left when the class action lawsuits (from the customers) and the feds were through with them.

I would think Microsoft could work out enough levels of indirection to be basically untraceable. Either that or release enough information on some obscure overseas web site to allow any 15-year-old script kiddie to break into things and not bother to pay anyone.

Or else, simply wait for some weakness to be found in part of the system that's "protected" against alternation as part of Microsoft's licensing-enforcement scheme.

[Boazo]

The end Justifies the means.I just don't no what the end is.

[Paul C. Jesup]

I would think Microsoft could work out enough levels of indirection to be basically untraceable.

"Untraceable" to hackers... That is an oxymoron... LOL!!

[Reborn]

EGADS!!!! I had no idea. My hubby is in the IT industry, and after watching him curse over his Microshaft computers I decided to buy a Mac. While I was happily using my new ibook he was agonizing over his "ME" operating system. It's pretty bad when DOS is more user friendly than one's current OS, lol.

These days I'm happily using my Powerbook G4 with Spotlight, Dashboard, iTunes, etc, and it is almost heaven on earth, heehee! Microsh!t products are NOT welcome! I can't wait to send my husband the URL for this thread, Prime Choice. Your posts are always a great read, but this one is a real eye opener for me.

[supercat]

"Untraceable" to hackers... That is an oxymoron... LOL!!

Have hackers managed to crack manilla-envelope-full-of-cash net? I wonder what sort of method they use?

[The_Victor]

What happens when Microsoft decides to leak just enough details of its internal workings to allow people to write malware that takes advantage of undocumented behaviors, but not enough details to stop them?

The unknown "what-if" conspiracy....

call me WHEN it happens.

[Paul C. Jesup]

Have hackers managed to crack manilla-envelope-full-of-cash net? I wonder what sort of method they use?

You can backtrack dollar bills by their serial numbers to the last bank that had them.

But what you are suggesting is on the same level of lunacy as those nutcases who say Bush caused 9-11. It's insane on several levels