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RE: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft
From: achurch () achurch org (Andrew Church)
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 09:38:17 JST
Automatic system updates are nothing new, we see it all the time with antivirus software. Given that the enduser has agreed for his AV to be updated automatically
This is the crux of the issue; I believe Stefan's point was that he did not--actively--agree to the update. If there was a "click to update" button, an option to enable or disable automatic updates (like AV software), or even a message saying "your software will now be updated, click here to cancel" (like the PlayOnline game service offered by Square), the issue would be different, but my impression is that there were none of those. Not only does this raise legal issues, at least in countries with reasonably sane laws, but think of all the faulty patches Microsoft has released in the past; while the Xbox is a closed system and thus easy to test, how would you like to come into work one morning and find all your Longhorn servers bluescreened and unbootable because a critical security patch broke your Acme Super-RAID driver? --Andrew Church achurch () achurch org http://achurch.org/
Current thread:
- Computer Sabotage by Microsoft Stefan Esser (Sep 11)
- Re: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft Nicholas Weaver (Sep 11)
- Re: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft Ansgar Wiechers (Sep 12)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft Thor Larholm (Sep 12)
- RE: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft Andrew Church (Sep 15)
- RE: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft Russ (Sep 12)
- Re: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft Nicholas Weaver (Sep 11)