Re: HĂcKe®§

From: Trafton (traftonofjj2SPAM_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/18/04 

Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 12:42:56 -0700

Hi,

Your post is not accurate. First of all, ANYTHING can
be "hacked" if you send the hacker your password. That's
not much of a surprise.

How will "fuzzy logic" going to change all that much?
True AI is not within the spectrem of the immediate
future. We can't predict any threats until they emerge.
It will always be the truth that computers will still
only be as smart and secure as their owners want them to
be.

How can Microsoft prevent human error? How can they stop
you from sending a URL with your password in it? It is
the user's job to not do this; most users do a good job
of not doing this. Those that do cannot blame Microsoft
for their mistakes. Microsoft does not want bad press,
and does not benefit from people being hacked in any way.
How would they?

Sincerely,
Benjamin "Trafton" Johnstone-Anderson
Microsoft MVP - Windows Security
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>-----Original Message-----
>Aproximatly 100 million dollars are lost a year by
private
>banks being hacked. People like to steal there digital
>funds and its relative easy with an inside network. With
>conterfieting money too bussiness's lose money os all in
>all banks suck up the loss and charge higher rates, and
>many hidden charges or the casual double charge on your
>Visa that accendently happens. Anyways there many ways
to
>exploit the system still and its not gonna get any
better
>in the future. Infact its gonna get worse, even with the
>redesgning of the tower itself will take place in the
next
>few years, for optimal airflow. Fuzzy logic is gonna
>change the whole warfare on Virus's by adding a somewhat
>more intelligent virus at a low low memory cost. Or even
>using your computer own ai agaist itself.
>
>Anyways the truth of the matter is Microsoft and all the
>other companies are behind the hackers. If they were one
>step ahead you wouldnt have these type of problems but
you
>do so suck it up. Also its not hard to hack a webpage,
or
>even someone hotmail account. You can even just copy
there
>URL if there dumb enough to send it to you adn then
change
>there password. its the easiest way. What Im really
trying
>to say is as much help as these people give. There will
be
>no end to virus because the expert can make more money
by
>exploiting the system. When I say more money I mean your
>money because in the end they steal from you!!
>
>If you think stealing information off your computer is
>worthless or you dont care. Everytime someone is able to
>steal your information they use it to sell to companies
to
>make millions :D.
>
>End report
>to tell the common what they might not know
>.
>

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