[verboten]

Pardon me while I laugh at the notion of the FBI lecturing on security vulnerability. I guess they are grasping for credibility. But maybe this is much more sinister. Maybe the FBI was using the universal plug and play to install "rogue software" to spy on users. They've been drooling over such things prior to 9-11 but with more eagerness afterwards. Maybe Microsoft was strong armed into delaying the fix. After all, the government was just involved in trying to destroy the company. I'm sure Gates is much more eager to "play ball" with the government after they attacked his company.

[Dominic Harr]

Maybe Microsoft was strong armed into delaying the fix.

I don't know how much experience you have with MS bugs, but this is SoP for MS.

Only this time, there is proof that they knew 5 weeks ago that the OS they were selling was defective. And they continued to sell the OS without informing customers of the product defect.

That is illegal.

[JoeSchem]

But maybe this is much more sinister. Maybe the FBI was using the universal plug and play to install "rogue software" to spy on users. They've been drooling over such things prior to 9-11 but with more eagerness afterwards. Maybe Microsoft was strong armed into delaying the fix.

A year ago, a person could support Microsoft and still be a legitimate conservative/libertarian. Now, in order to continue defending Microsoft, one has to wear a tinfoil hat.

[Jorge]

Pardon me while I laugh at the notion of the FBI lecturing on security vulnerability.

For real.