Locked out of your system by the man

[svasutin]

From ZDNet

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-5843300.html?tag=nl.e589Titled:

From Intel's labs: Virus hunters and power savers.

Talks about having systems shut themselves down during an outbreak. Is it just me, or does this sound like a way for the RIAA to stop sharing of infromation.

People gotta learn, the opposite of freedom is security, and freedom requires responsibility for actions. The common cold and poor will always be with us.

Too many people are way too freaked out about privacy and security. In order to get a web page, you have to send a return address or the page won't go to your system. Security, sure, only install from the CD, live with bugs, and never connect to the internet or get email.

I know too many people who have privacy, AV, spyware, firewalls, track erases, and everything else on their systems, running all the time. Their 2+ GHz systems benchmark closer to MHz systems, and they still get viruses. Why? Because they click 'yes' or 'allow' for something they know they shouldn't. Tyring to recover these systems always takes longer.

The death of free and open computing will come from people's lack of personal responsibility and laziness. People will cry, "the government needs to protect us, if you're not doing anything wrong, then why should it matter?"

[Ophiel X]

if you're at work you should be working.

i'm a freedom NUT, but i completely agree with companies keeping tabs on their empoyees' net usage.