Microsoft can't talk about privacy with a straight face.
The very notion of "computer virus" is by all figures an almost exclusive feature of Microsoft's software.
The many holes that have plagued -- and continue to plague -- their software are the single largest threat to online privacy in the entire world, exposing customers private data, identity and businesses. (and as of last week, out of this world too, if you consider the viruses identified in Space Station One)
Shame on Microsoft.
Ben
· 1 year ago
Rubbish. Plenty of non-Microsoft software, running on non-Microsoft platforms, has suffered exploitation.
The biggest threat to online privacy is people who practice unsafe browsing habits and don't update their software irregardless of who makes it.
I think privacy needs to be overseen by a department. Leaving privacy to each department to interpret themselves just opens the doors for more vague, conflicting or missing directives.
shazwi
· 1 year ago
Ah... I think all this pointing fingers is just some web drama for all of us consumers to realise that Microsoft is still wanting to be in the game. Seems to be so childish for this matter.
Will someone tell me what's the deal with privacy issues? If someone grabbing your passwords and getting all the information in your emails and stuff, I can understand.
But what else other than that?
sandman
· 1 year ago
Identity theft would be a good answer, mmm check this site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_crime u might get the general idea since most people today are depending too much on technology
Gringinho
· 3 months ago
Google has absolutely no intent on offering privacy for users. Their business model is geared towards monitoring user habits, and spreading their presence through included features on every possible web page that exists on the Internet. They do this through the AdSense program as well. It is all about monitoring users for Google, to monetize on this information, and possibly offer services for those interested in looking at profiling users or detecting "possibly interesting patterns."
Any page using Google is effectively "calling home" - as so many were concerned about with Microsoft products. Google's network model makes "calling home" implicit with every Google user activity ... yet there are no guarantees for how Google treat this data. They most likely will exploit the data for every cent it's worth as well as offer it to the authorities - just like Google condone censoring and turning over user data in China.
Remembering George Orwell's 1984 - "the Google telescreen is watching you - from every site and everywhere by included snippets of code from Google servers" ...
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The very notion of "computer virus" is by all figures an almost exclusive feature of Microsoft's software.
The many holes that have plagued -- and continue to plague -- their software are the single largest threat to online privacy in the entire world, exposing customers private data, identity and businesses. (and as of last week, out of this world too, if you consider the viruses identified in Space Station One)
Shame on Microsoft.
The biggest threat to online privacy is people who practice unsafe browsing habits and don't update their software irregardless of who makes it.
I think privacy needs to be overseen by a department. Leaving privacy to each department to interpret themselves just opens the doors for more vague, conflicting or missing directives.
Will someone tell me what's the deal with privacy issues? If someone grabbing your passwords and getting all the information in your emails and stuff, I can understand.
But what else other than that?
Any page using Google is effectively "calling home" - as so many were concerned about with Microsoft products. Google's network model makes "calling home" implicit with every Google user activity ... yet there are no guarantees for how Google treat this data. They most likely will exploit the data for every cent it's worth as well as offer it to the authorities - just like Google condone censoring and turning over user data in China.
Remembering George Orwell's 1984 - "the Google telescreen is watching you - from every site and everywhere by included snippets of code from Google servers" ...