Wow. Totally unprofessional when you compare it with today's security bulletin standards. This downplays risks and blames the user. Was this common back then?
Wow. Apparently, respecting user freedom and personal responsibility is now "unprofessional".
I haven't seen a more blatant exposure/confirmation of the deep-seated authoritarian control-freak mindset that has permeated the whole computing industry.
Yes, back then it was common and expected that users were responsible for their own decisions. Now the industry is taking away that freedom and telling them it's for their own good.
> I haven't seen a more blatant exposure/confirmation of the deep-seated authoritarian control-freak mindset that has permeated the whole computing industry.
Can I use this as a testimonial? Chill... at least if you want me to discuss this further.
> Yes, back then it was common and expected that users were responsible for their own decisions.
You do not chose and decide to be victim of a scam. At least I presume the "if you wouldn't have downloaded hacker stuff from weird websites you wouldn't have caught malware" was as wrong back then as it is now and is just shifting the blame to the user.
userbinator|2 years ago
I haven't seen a more blatant exposure/confirmation of the deep-seated authoritarian control-freak mindset that has permeated the whole computing industry.
Yes, back then it was common and expected that users were responsible for their own decisions. Now the industry is taking away that freedom and telling them it's for their own good.
sirl1on|2 years ago
Can I use this as a testimonial? Chill... at least if you want me to discuss this further.
> Yes, back then it was common and expected that users were responsible for their own decisions.
You do not chose and decide to be victim of a scam. At least I presume the "if you wouldn't have downloaded hacker stuff from weird websites you wouldn't have caught malware" was as wrong back then as it is now and is just shifting the blame to the user.
technion|2 years ago
I do agree some types of people would find that "professional " but I won't be one of them ..
sirl1on|2 years ago
Not that I can't imagine Microsoft actually doing that...
sebstefan|2 years ago
Getting backdoored isn't a problem with the OS if you install the backdoor yourself
tanepiper|2 years ago