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    Security Snake Oil

    I thought I'd share this: http://www.infoworld.com/print/242138

    I can personally vouch for nearly all the points made on that page.
    • RAID simply means corrupt data is spread over all your backups immediately.
    • AV's never catch everything and constantly tell you that the program you use every day is a virus.
    • AV's ALWAYS slow down the PC to the point where they're worse than a virus.
    • Firewalls only stop stupid stuff, the dangerous things are already let through.


    I've found that a smart user is always several aeons ahead of the most "secure" / "expensive" / "robust" / "redundant" / whatever other snake oil you can mention product. And those products rarely (if at all) help against stupid users.
    Gold is the money of kings; silver is the money of gentlemen; barter is the money of peasants; but debt is the money of slaves. - Norm Franz
    And central banks are the slave clearing houses

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    Same old same old: http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...security_flaws

    I'll take "Obvious Statements" for $200, Alex ... Wow ... really? And here's me thinking AV writers are actually quite good at their jobs
    Gold is the money of kings; silver is the money of gentlemen; barter is the money of peasants; but debt is the money of slaves. - Norm Franz
    And central banks are the slave clearing houses

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