Wednesday, March 16

Sky is falling security crap. Is it just me, or does it seem like people are increasingly enjoying spreading all types of security fears even when irrational? Including trying to write sensational articles blaming some high profile company for security or privacy violations even when that company is not actually to blame. For example, this article claims a major security flaw in Google Desktop, that it allows you to see stuff on other PCs on your network. Duh, the "flaw" has nothing to do with Google Desktop. In fact, any software can access stuff on other PCs on your network if the users of those PCs have configured them to explicitly allow other PCs on their network to access their files. Uggh.
7:03 AM; digg

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