[94867] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Every incident is an opportunity (was Re: Hackers hit key
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Per Heldal)
Mon Feb 12 06:56:28 2007
From: Per Heldal <heldal@eml.cc>
To: nanog <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20070212091339.GD16198@nic.fr>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:50:20 +0100
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 10:13 +0100, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> Sure, just find these few simple things that will actually improve
> security. (My personal one would be "Erase MS-Windows and install
> Ubuntu". If we are ready to inconvenience ordinary workers with
> computer security, this one would be a good start.)
Isn't that like treating smallpox with anthrax?
Consumers are cheap and lazy. What they need is a serious incentive to
care about security. Society holds individuals accountable for many
forms of irresponsible behaviour. There's no need to make exceptions for
computer users. Make computer-owners/users pay in full for damages
caused by their equipment with no discount for incompetence. Insecure
products might then be considered inappropriate for public consumption
and that would be a powerful signal to the IT industry to change their
ways. Maybe the market also finally would challenge the validity (or
even existence) of std.disclaimer statements common in today's software
licences.
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Per Heldal - http://heldal.eml.cc/
