Comments

• Yuhong Bao

  2010-01-18 02:04:47

  In fact, one of the Conflicker's exploit vectors did not affect Vista.

• your_friend

  2010-01-19 04:51:32

  The Microsoft spinners are busy defending microsoft business practices and Vista. Less spun sources recognize that all versions of Windows and all versions of IE are at fault. It looks like the latest round of security failure is being used by Microsoft to force upgrades. It is too bad for them that people are starting to realize that GNU/Linux is the practical upgrade path. Windows will never be secure.
  
  Roy has done a nice job of keeping up with this story:
  
  Germany Urges people to dump IE. It is too bad they did not go the Munich route. Microsoft blames Adobe and ignores Communist China's repulsive human rights abuses. More disgusting was their spinner's attempt to claim Google was exploiting other people's revulsion for business advantage. China uses Windows botnets to harass dissidents, DDoS Google and other companies. Reality Calling

• Yuhong Bao

  2010-01-18 02:03:51

  I already explained many of these, why you keep posting the links, particularly bad is "Vista 7 Security “Cannot be Fixed. It’s a Design Problem.”"

• Roy Schestowitz

  2010-01-18 02:06:35

  Where did you explain this?

• Yuhong Bao

  2010-01-18 02:33:56

  Briefly in the comments, and a few times in IRC, in fact I just talked about it today on IRC.

• your_friend

  2010-01-18 02:40:07

  People believe that Windows will never be fixed because Windows has never been fixed despite repeated false promisses and lots of technical sounding BS. Roy pointed to an excellent article explaining the major design flaws. Can you point to a technical refutation of the points? Even if you did, it's not worth anything because people have already broken Windows 7 like every other version of Windows.

• TheTruth

  2010-01-18 00:22:15

  Imagine, if you house was broken into, you call the police, they come around they look at your house, and they see there are no locked on any of the doors and windows and they are left open.
  
  The police say, yes you were broken into, but it's you're own stupid fault for leaving you're house open. And putting huge adds all over you're house saying "valuables held in here".
  
  What you're saying is that if you're house was broken into and the theif used a hammer to break in, then it's the hammers fault for the break in.
  
  Just mabey if you have critical data on you're systems, you lock you're doors, and make them so strong that a hammer will not break in.
  
  There is ONE group at fault here, and it's GOOGLE.
  
  If you're stupid enough to keep critical data on insecure systems, (in this case LINUX). that is YOUR fault.
  
  Sure the criminals have done wrong, but you dont have to make it so easy for them by leaving you're house unlocked.
  
  But thats not nearly as interesting a spin as you would like ROY, that means you cannot blame you're hate child MS for it.
  
  Google are trying to break into OS's, applications and cloud, and they cant even protect THEIR OWN data, would you trust them to protect YOUR data.
  
  So you headline could read, "Man breaks into house, hammer found guilty of break and enter".
  
  As usual ROY, you're the running joker of the FOSS world. nothing more...
  
  (get a job).

• Mikko

  2010-01-18 00:48:05

  why are you here? stupid troll!

• TheTruth

  2010-01-18 00:02:56

  HAHAH, and google is supposed to be the FOSS/Linux love child, yet they are still hacked, linux and all !!!!! oh dear, poor poor linux.
  
  oh and what did the chinese steal, IP, I thought you hated IP ROY, you must be in great internal conflict.
  
  Trying to spin this as a positive for Linux, it's a hard job but someone has to apply the spin.
  
  (how's you job searching going, anyone willing to hite a zealot?).
  
  I cant wait to email you boss, and inform him about what you spend you're entire life doing .. But I would not stoop so low, but you would,,, dont you ROY.. :)

• Mikko

  2010-01-18 00:46:39

  troll get out!

• your_friend

  2010-01-18 02:53:43

  People "hacked" several Gmail accounts, this is something that happens to Windows users every day. They also have their hotmail, yahoo, aol and bank accounts violated because Windows is so easy for criminals to break. The things that make it notable is that Google is accusing the Chinese government of targeting dissidents with malware and that the government has also used broken Windows machines for DDoS attacks against Google and other ISPs. All of these problems revolve around Windows, not GNU/Linux.
  
  This is a positive development for free software because it shows off some of the downsides of non free software. The US has used the same tactics on a more limited scale. The large scale of the problems in China, their more blatant political use and the involvement of a large and powerful US firm all point to broader coverage of these issues in the western world. As people are exposed both to the weakness of Windows and the results, they will want something better. That will be good for everyone.
  
  Finally, your talk about Roy's job prospects are both ugly and poorly veiled threats.

• your_friend

  2010-01-19 05:05:25

  Brilliant, blame Google for Microsoft's security flaws. I have to hand it to you for knowing exactly how Microsoft friendly news sources would spin this issue. I don't think it's going to work as governments and everyone else with a clue gives credit where credit is due. I have to hand it to you for being so well connected to Microsoft spin.

• your_friend

  2010-01-17 21:07:10

  [Thanks to Windows] Cyberattacks are an unfortunate [prevalent, debilitating, increasingly unsustainable and successful] way of life. How much will society pay for Windows?