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more on French government bans Skype at Universities
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:33:56 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Mihai Christodorescu <mihai () cs wisc edu> Date: October 25, 2005 2:48:01 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] more on French government bans Skype at Universities David Farber wrote:
I am terrified by the idea of a rogue party being able to hack into Skype and using it as a vehicle to launch a viral attack.
I am terrified by the idea of a rogue party being able to hack into Internet Explorer and using it as a vehicle to launch a viral attack. I am terrified by the idea of a rogue party being able to hack into Microsoft Windows and using it as a vehicle to launch a viral attack. And yet we do not see the French government banning Internet Explorer or Microsoft Windows from university computers. Mihai -- mihai () cs wisc edu - http://mihai.christodorescu.org ------------------------------------------------------- The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends. - Friedrich Nietzsche ------------------------------------------------------- -- Feed the machine that burns in your head. -- ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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