Energizer bunny brings malware to your PC.

Avatard · 03-08-2010, 04:36 PM

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/6...wlc=1268080273

Papa_Complex · 03-09-2010, 08:55 AM

Likely one of those cases in which a manufacturer thought it would be a great idea to use their device driver in order to obtain some "additional information" about the people who buy their products. Reminds me of the potential abuse for Sony's DRM Rootkit.

Avatard · 03-09-2010, 10:22 AM

How come if the computer allows you to do something, the thought process of whether you should do that or not disappears from logic?

Even in the corporate environment?

Avatard · 03-09-2010, 07:31 PM

Think for a moment about the number of programs you may have installed on your PC. Then consider the number of programmers it took to write that shit.

Now, consider human behavior, and the likelihood that one (or more) of the geeky little rat bastards has left a convenient back door into your fucking shit, and you may come to realize that your computer is perhaps not entirely "yours".

Particle Man · 03-09-2010, 10:45 PM

That plus all the holes in operating systems like windblows makes me cringe.

Amorok · 03-09-2010, 10:45 PM

Pffft. I have Vista. If one of those pricks can get it working right long enough to pull anything useful off my computer, I'm impressed enough to let them have whatever they want.

Mikey · 03-10-2010, 02:17 AM

I run Linux. I don't have these problems.

Avatard · 03-10-2010, 03:37 AM

Open source is the only safe software.

Papa_Complex · 03-10-2010, 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avatard

How come if the computer allows you to do something, the thought process of whether you should do that or not disappears from logic?

Even in the corporate environment?

From the standpoint of software creation, or use? If creation, then the rulings against Microsoft regarding how the Microsoft Network from Win95 would rifle through your system to see if you had unlicensed software should inform other manufacturers. In other words, "Don't infringe upon people's privacy."

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avatard

Open source is the only safe software.

I'll have to disagree with you there. Open Source is an easy way for unscrupulous programmers to slip various back doors into programmes. As the code is out in the open, vulnerabilities are easier to find both for reasons of correction, and exploitation. There is no commercial incentive for corrective action, in order to preserve corporate image.

It has its uses, but it's far from safe.

Avatard · 03-10-2010, 10:17 AM

Well, open source at least makes criminals operate in the bright light of day, anyhow, as all their moves are at least "published". It's not impossible for them to do fishy shit, it's just far easier to be caught doing it in the open.

With closed shit like MS and Apple, you're placing a lot of trust in a lot of people who's moves are entirely hidden from everyone...on your computer.

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Avatard Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Here to integrity Moto: Li'l red baby Ninja Posts: 7,482	How come if the computer allows you to do something, the thought process of whether you should do that or not disappears from logic? Even in the corporate environment? __________________ Insert free thought here. Last edited by Avatard; 03-09-2010 at 11:17 PM..

03-09-2010, 07:31 PM	#4
Avatard Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Here to integrity Moto: Li'l red baby Ninja Posts: 7,482	Think for a moment about the number of programs you may have installed on your PC. Then consider the number of programmers it took to write that shit. Now, consider human behavior, and the likelihood that one (or more) of the geeky little rat bastards has left a convenient back door into your fucking shit, and you may come to realize that your computer is perhaps not entirely "yours". __________________ Insert free thought here.

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Particle Man Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central NY Moto: 2003 SV650S Posts: 14,959	That plus all the holes in operating systems like windblows makes me cringe. __________________ I'm not "fat." I'm "Enlarged to show texture." Handle every stressful situation like a DOG: If you can't eat it or hump it, pi$$ on it & walk away.

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Amorok Issukangitok Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Biloxi, MS Moto: '06 Suzuki Boulevard C50T Posts: 2,225	Pffft. I have Vista. If one of those pricks can get it working right long enough to pull anything useful off my computer, I'm impressed enough to let them have whatever they want. __________________ What goes around comes around. Sometimes you get what's coming around, and sometimes you are what's coming around. You see what I mean?

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03-10-2010, 03:37 AM	#8
Avatard Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Here to integrity Moto: Li'l red baby Ninja Posts: 7,482	Open source is the only safe software. __________________ Insert free thought here.

03-10-2010, 10:17 AM	#10
Avatard Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Here to integrity Moto: Li'l red baby Ninja Posts: 7,482	Well, open source at least makes criminals operate in the bright light of day, anyhow, as all their moves are at least "published". It's not impossible for them to do fishy shit, it's just far easier to be caught doing it in the open. With closed shit like MS and Apple, you're placing a lot of trust in a lot of people who's moves are entirely hidden from everyone...on your computer. __________________ Insert free thought here.