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  #31  
Old June 16th 19, 05:58 PM posted to alt.computer.workshop,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
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On 16/06/2019 16:31, Steve Hayes wrote:
On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:49:21 +0100, "David B."
wrote:

So what software should you be updating?

Security software. Whether you use antivirus or firewall programs that
were pre-installed on your device or that you bought on your own, make
sure they’re up to date.

Operating system software. Your operating system could be Windows, Apple
OS, etc. If you’re not sure how to update your operating system, go to
the website of your device manufacturer for help.


So why are you posting this here?


It's important information propagated by the US government.

Many folk just don't understand how sophisticated the 'bad guys' have
become - they can run rings around the average computer user.

An updated O/s probably wouldn't run on my computer -- not enough
resources. People are using Windows XP because they aren't rich enough
to buy a new computer every few months.


IIRC, I started using Windows XP when it was first introduced in 2002 -
it really is 'old hat' now! If you drove a motor vehicle of that age you
might well expect it to suffer more breakdowns than a new or nearly new car!

Internet browsers and apps. Both are access points for criminals to
enter your devices, so it’s important to keep them secure.


I downdated my browser when it got too bloated to run on my OS. The
newest version tells me it won't run at all, get a new computer.
Whuich means getyting a new2 OS, and finding that hal my software
won't run on it.


Then it's probably time to change your software too, Steve! ;-)

As a Christian you will be well aware that the Devil is ever present.
Here in these Usenet groups he goes by the name of 'Shadow' - I suggest
you don't pay heed to anything he posts or claims.

May God Bless You, Steve. :-)

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  #32  
Old June 16th 19, 06:11 PM posted to alt.computer.workshop,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
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On 16/06/2019 17:55, Fake Bill Gates wrote:
On 16/06/2019 17:30, Shadow wrote:
And admitted he was just phishing for suckers. He has absolutely no
interest in updating software.


Killfile him and spare the rest of us your replication of his nonsense.


Why are YOU responding to a *LIAR* and a Troll?

Shadow is the Devil incarnate!

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  #33  
Old June 16th 19, 06:26 PM posted to alt.computer.workshop,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Shadow
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On Sun, 16 Jun 2019 12:55:00 -0400, Fake Bill Gates
wrote:

On 16/06/2019 17:30, Shadow wrote:
And admitted he was just phishing for suckers. He has absolutely no
interest in updating software.


Killfile him and spare the rest of us your replication of his nonsense.


3 people fell for his phishing this week. If I killfile him
he'll just carry on abusing their trust.
He's gloating in another group ATM about a suicide he
induced. He's a totally deranged individual.
Note I edit out any innocent third parties when I reply (one
of which has me in his filters - the irony!!!).
Sorry mate - no can do - not unless someone else carries on
where I left off. Want to volunteer ?
[]'s
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We have a new policy - Google 2012
  #34  
Old June 16th 19, 10:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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David B. wrote:

Excluding whatever dear
'...winston' has to say about matters, which other individuals have a
'problem' with me? I've never tried to cause anyone any harm.


"Off topic cowboy" ?

You seldom use a forum for its intended purpose.

Now, how could that possibly upset people
who have never met you before, and don't
know your history ?

And when your offtopic post is about
"war with Moderators", what's a new Moderator
to think when posts like that are brought to
their attention ? They automatically feel "included
by induction". That they're the next target.
Which is quite likely to be the case,
after you've been banned yet again.

Do you see a feedback loop forming there ?

You should.

How you break a feedback loop, is left
as an exercise for the reader...

In a few forums, it's a thing for "teenagers"
to go to site "X", and immediately do something
and get banned. So they can go to some
other forum and "brag about being banned
at site X". And the rest of the teenagers
snicker about this "feat" of theirs. Are
you one of those teenagers ? Well, not quite.

Think back to what it was like *before*
you got trapped in this feedback loop of
yours. Do you remember what that was like ?

Paul
  #35  
Old June 16th 19, 10:25 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Mike Easter wrote:
x-posts deleted; XPgen only

Steve Hayes wrote:
An updated O/s probably wouldn't run on my computer -- not enough
resources. People are using Windows XP because they aren't rich enough
to buy a new computer every few months.


I downdated my browser when it got too bloated to run on my OS. The
newest version tells me it won't run at all, get a new computer.
Whuich means getyting a new2 OS, and finding that hal my software
won't run on it.


I also have a couple of XP-era machines with fairly low resources, One
of them is a Dell laptop I inherited from a friend when he got a newer
laptop. It has a 2006 BIOS, a 600 MHz 32bit Pentium M cpu, 1 G ram,
ancient IBM graphics. I don't use its XP installation to go online, but
I still use XP for 'stuff'. Its previous 'operational' OS was a linux
Mint 17.3 XFCE for online activity. When that support ran out, I moved
on to MX linux, now at 18.3 which is also XFCE DE. It also runs fine
and securely.

The other one is a Compaq desktop also 2006 BIOS which is stronger, w/
2G ram, 64bit AMD at 1000 MHz, NVidia gfx. Its browser is an 'expired'
Chrome 49.0; but I don't use that to 'surf' but only to access a
specific site.

I guess my point in an XP group, not a linux one, is that we should use
our old hardware 'very carefully' and linux is a useful solution, but
old Win OSes have a place.

I also have a Vista-era laptop w/ 2008 bios, 2G w/ 64bit 800 MHz AMD
cpu. It can run lean v of Win7 and of course various linux.


But the Linux ecosystem, has not put a priority on saving old
equipment.

The reliance on the video card shaders for slick graphics, means
that the mainstream distros are no good on old hardware.

Yes, you can find Lubuntu or Xubuntu or other lightweight
ones, but the erosion with time tells you what will
eventually happen to those.

It's a slippery slope, where before you know it,
all that's left is Puppy or FatDog.

*******

You know, I was watching a Command Prompt window in Windows 10
running, and I had used " | tee output.txt " so I could
watch the progress of a bash shell I was running. And
I glanced over at the Task Manager and it said of
my high-end graphics card, that right at that moment,
I was using "14% of 3D capacity". The text scrolling
on the screen, was using shaders! Now, how sick is *that* ?

I call this "SmartPhone disease", because smartphones
are a "leader" on how to waste resources. When this
trend hits your legacy equipment, well basically
there are no functional shaders, and everything
has to be "emulated" on the "gutless" processor.

What's not to like ?

This is the main reason we can't have nice things.

And when you use 14% of my video card, it means
you're also using 14% of 180W or 25W of electricity,
just to watch text scroll. There was a time, when
a VIA chip could have a 2W GPU in the Northbridge,
and the text would scroll just as fast... This
is progress ???

If we moev forward 50 years, I would guess that
scrolling text would draw a solid kilowatt.
By extrapolation. Maybe we could use real time
ray tracing or something.

Paul
  #36  
Old June 16th 19, 10:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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On 16/06/2019 22:14, Paul wrote:
Think back to what it was like *before*
you got trapped in this feedback loop of
yours. Do you remember what that was like ?


I do. :-(

Please, take a moment to read the comments beneath the video.

*Postcards From Heaven* ...........The Lighthouse Family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzeExJEnDwU

How many times in your life have you ever had the feeling
That the way you live is crazy and there must be something else
When you look at the sky does it ever cross your mind
There could be something you've forgotten that won't ever go away

Like the sun in the night
Like the sun in the night
You'll always be with me baby be in my soul
You'll always be with me, wherever I go

Gets too much after a while trying to always hide your feelings
When the world is going crazy and you keep it to yourself
How much it hurts, though you try, try to get on with your life
And tell yourself that worse things happen and just hope it goes away

Like the sun in the night
Like the sun in the night
You'll always be with me baby be in my soul
You'll always be with me, wherever I go

Like the sun in the night
Like the sun in the night
You'll always be with me baby be in my soul
You'll always be with me, wherever I go

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  #37  
Old June 16th 19, 11:46 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Paul wrote:
Mike Easter wrote:

I guess my point in an XP group, not a linux one, is that we should
use our old hardware 'very carefully' and linux is a useful solution,
but old Win OSes have a place.

I also have a Vista-era laptop w/ 2008 bios, 2G w/ 64bit 800 MHz AMD
cpu.Â* It can run lean v of Win7 and of course various linux.


But the Linux ecosystem, has not put a priority on saving old
equipment.


Well... the linux ecosystem is made up of developers a few fairly large
and a lot definitely very small/limited who go off in numerous
directions to scratch their own itch, usually as opposed to having any
'priority'. But, there are 'enough' developers who are focusing on
'light enough' OSes for light (but adequate) hardware. Raspbian and
others for RPi/s come to mind. There are still a few 32bit distros
available, but waning.

The reliance on the video card shaders for slick graphics, means
that the mainstream distros are no good on old hardware.


Yeah; I would say you are correct there. However, your 'mainstream'
term may be hard to define, as 'non-mainstream' distros such as MX Linux
have a significant page hit popularity at DistroWatch.

Yes, you can find Lubuntu or Xubuntu or other lightweight
ones, but the erosion with time tells you what will
eventually happen to those.


Well, the 'buntu business isn't exactly 'light', so you need to get
'down' to Debian or Arch or other base and use a very light DE or mix
some light DE parts w/ a DE-like Window Manager.

It's a slippery slope, where before you know it,
all that's left is Puppy or FatDog.


And even the 'main' thrust of some puppy developers is in the 'buntu (or
slackware) base direction. Barry himself is doing some other things now
w/ his Easy OS and his idea of 'containers'.

You know, I was watching a Command Prompt window in Windows 10
running, and I had used " | tee output.txt " so I could
watch the progress of a bash shell I was running. And
I glanced over at the Task Manager and it said of
my high-end graphics card, that right at that moment,
I was using "14% of 3D capacity". The text scrolling
on the screen, was using shaders! Now, how sick is *that* ?


I don't know how to comment on that, except to 'deviate' from the thrust
of your tale to say that I think MS is doing a smart thing by giving its
developers access to a real command terminal functionality.

I call this "SmartPhone disease", because smartphones
are a "leader" on how to waste resources. When this
trend hits your legacy equipment, well basically
there are no functional shaders, and everything
has to be "emulated" on the "gutless" processor.

What's not to like ?


Back to my position that we have to use our legacy hardware 'wisely'
which includes not trying to use the wrong kind of software on it.

This is the main reason we can't have nice things.

And when you use 14% of my video card, it means
you're also using 14% of 180W or 25W of electricity,
just to watch text scroll. There was a time, when
a VIA chip could have a 2W GPU in the Northbridge,
and the text would scroll just as fast... This
is progress ???


The little RPi is so 'economical' in juice consumption that it doesn't
even come w/ a power switch. Since I wanted one, I had to get a little
'plug switch' for the connection to the main.

If we moev forward 50 years, I would guess that
scrolling text would draw a solid kilowatt.
By extrapolation. Maybe we could use real time
ray tracing or something.


Heh.

I think I'll tell another weak hardware tale (and mention XP).

I guess my oldest 2006 1G ram XP machine isn't actually the weakest
device I use to connect, in term of ram.

I have a clamshell/fliptop ZTE phone whose OS is allegedly 'some kind of
linux' as opposed to android in an older so-called 'feature' device
which has .5G ram w/ 1.1 GHz Qualcomm (Snapdragon 210 MSM8909 - quadcore
arms) cpu; but/while my no-plan BLU phone has 1G ram w/ cpu 1.3 GHz
MediaTek 6580 (also quadcore arm) w/ Android 6.0 OS; and my RPi is 1G
ram and .6 GHz ARM on Raspbian 9.

About that connectivity...

The zte has a tracfone basic plan which is used rarely; the blu just
connects by wifi as does the RPi. I have other 'cell phone' type
connectivity via googlevoice over various newer (not as old) and the old
computers cable connected. Most of my phone comm is via old home
landline cordless phones over VoIP, not cell towers.


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  #38  
Old June 17th 19, 02:35 AM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.computer.workshop,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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"David B." on Sun, 16 Jun 2019 17:58:15
+0100 typed in alt.windows7.general the following:

An updated O/s probably wouldn't run on my computer -- not enough
resources. People are using Windows XP because they aren't rich enough
to buy a new computer every few months.


IIRC, I started using Windows XP when it was first introduced in 2002 -
it really is 'old hat' now! If you drove a motor vehicle of that age you
might well expect it to suffer more breakdowns than a new or nearly new car!


What is in a Operating System comparable to the mechanical items
in an automobile, which can wear out?
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  #39  
Old June 17th 19, 03:55 AM posted to alt.computer.workshop,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
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On Sun, 16 Jun 2019 17:58:15 +0100, "David B."
wrote:

On 16/06/2019 16:31, Steve Hayes wrote:
So why are you posting this here?


It's important information propagated by the US government.

Many folk just don't understand how sophisticated the 'bad guys' have
become - they can run rings around the average computer user.


I'm sure they can, but most of them don't waste their time on the
diminishing number of people using older computers, who've usual;ly
been around long enough to know that you shouldn't open unsolicited
e-mail attachments and things like that.

An updated O/s probably wouldn't run on my computer -- not enough
resources. People are using Windows XP because they aren't rich enough
to buy a new computer every few months.


IIRC, I started using Windows XP when it was first introduced in 2002 -
it really is 'old hat' now! If you drove a motor vehicle of that age you
might well expect it to suffer more breakdowns than a new or nearly new car!


Perhaps.

I drive a 2001 Subaru Legacy, for the same reason. It hasn't broken
down yet.




Internet browsers and apps. Both are access points for criminals to
enter your devices, so it’s important to keep them secure.


I downdated my browser when it got too bloated to run on my OS. The
newest version tells me it won't run at all, get a new computer.
Whuich means getyting a new2 OS, and finding that hal my software
won't run on it.


Then it's probably time to change your software too, Steve! ;-)


Send me US$ 10000 and I'll do it.


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  #40  
Old June 17th 19, 10:30 AM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.computer.workshop,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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On 17/06/2019 02:35, pyotr filipivich wrote:
"David B." on Sun, 16 Jun 2019 17:58:15
+0100 typed in alt.windows7.general the following:

An updated O/s probably wouldn't run on my computer -- not enough
resources. People are using Windows XP because they aren't rich enough
to buy a new computer every few months.


IIRC, I started using Windows XP when it was first introduced in 2002 -
it really is 'old hat' now! If you drove a motor vehicle of that age you
might well expect it to suffer more breakdowns than a new or nearly new car!


What is in a Operating System comparable to the mechanical items
in an automobile, which can wear out?


Will 'vulnerabilities' suffice?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulnerability_(computing)

HTH

  #41  
Old June 17th 19, 11:13 AM posted to alt.computer.workshop,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
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On 16/06/2019 18:26, Shadow wrote:
On Sun, 16 Jun 2019 12:55:00 -0400, Fake Bill Gates
wrote:

On 16/06/2019 17:30, Shadow wrote:
And admitted he was just phishing for suckers. He has absolutely no
interest in updating software.


Killfile him and spare the rest of us your replication of his nonsense.


3 people fell for his phishing this week. If I killfile him
he'll just carry on abusing their trust.


I've never abused anyone's trust. *EVER*!

He's gloating in another group ATM about a suicide he
induced. He's a totally deranged individual.


Sadly, YOU are the deranged individual if you believe that to be the case.

Note I edit out any innocent third parties when I reply (one
of which has me in his filters - the irony!!!).


*YOU are the BAD GUY*, Shadow! Everyone *KNOWS* you are a *LIAR*!

Sorry mate - no can do - not unless someone else carries on
where I left off. Want to volunteer ?
[]'s


Fill out this form and we'll take it from hereon-in:-

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...l30JQ/viewform

Don't be shy!

HTH
HAND


  #42  
Old June 17th 19, 12:30 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.computer.workshop,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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"David B." wrote:
On 17/06/2019 02:35, pyotr filipivich wrote:
"David B." on Sun, 16 Jun 2019 17:58:15 wrote:
Steve Hayes wrote:
An updated O/s probably wouldn't run on my computer -- not enough
resources. People are using Windows XP because they aren't rich enough
to buy a new computer every few months.


People are also using XP because they don't need or don't like later
Microsoft OSes.

IIRC, I started using Windows XP when it was first introduced in 2002 -
it really is 'old hat' now!


Try Windows 2000 for old hat. It's a hat that fits, better than XP in
some respects and I'm still using it.

If you drove a motor vehicle of that age you
might well expect it to suffer more breakdowns than a new or nearly new car!


What is in a Operating System comparable to the mechanical items
in an automobile, which can wear out?


Will 'vulnerabilities' suffice?


Old cars don't have vulnerabilities. Any design faults they may have
will be well-known and will have fixes or work-arounds. Many people
run very old veteran and vintage cars.


  #43  
Old June 17th 19, 01:41 PM posted to alt.computer.workshop,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote

| Yes, but sounds at best "salesman", and at most insulting (to those he
| interacts with, not to him) "teacher of idiots", i. e. someone whose job
| is to tell stupid people what to do.

I don't think it's any of those things. It's just
reason having gone through the filter of bureaucracy.
The FTC has the job of regulating business to prevent
exploitation of "consumers". But government in the US
is largely owned by business. If the FTC is too helpful
then lobbyists will go to Congress and complain. Then
Congress will threaten to cut FTC funding. Our national
anti-hero, Mitch McConnell, might even threaten to
defund the FTC altogether and arrest the staff for
crimes against the rich.

So the FTC needs to do their job by not letting companies
like Google, Facebook, Microsoft or Apple become monopolies
(woops), but they can't afford to do it too well. So how do
they look useful? They offer consumer advice. How do they
do that without warning consumers against businesses that
are trying to cheat them? Well, they could issue bulletins
about Microsoft forcing spyware services on people who buy
their OS. Or they could warn consumers that they're paying
Apple 2-3 times what their product is worth while Apple
evades taxes, uses slave labor in Asia, and actively fights
against their right to repair the device they overpaid for.
But that would be helping consumers at the expense of
business.
So instead they issue trivial officialese about the importance
of keeping software up-to-date. Almost everyone, including
many tech people, agree with that. And it supports the
idea of buying more product from unregulated monopolies.
So everyone's happy.

Last week I was in Microcenter buying a monitor. The clerk
mentioned that a 4K monitor might be what I want for
graphics. I said no, that I only need good color display with
IPS, and anyway, I'm on XP. He told me I should update but
that I'd be OK as long as I didn't connect to the Internet.
I smiled. He looked taken aback. I didn't say anymore. Where
would I start to explain that he was parroting nonsense and
had no understanding of online security?.. And that even
now his computerized doorbell and phone were probably being
hacked because he thought he was protected by his dutiful
updating?
There was a grain
of truth in what he said. And it's good for selling computers. And
it won't get him into trouble. So what else is he to say? He
can't very well start explaining javascript, HOSTS files, and
so on. Which he probably doesn't understand, anyway. And if
he did try to explain to people, sooner or later someone would
complain to his supervisor that one of the clerks is acting
odd.

Maybe the correlate in Britain would be if the ambulance
drivers union got the government to stop safety warnings
in mass transit and instead install lighted signs underneath
the station landings that can only be seen by someone
laying on the rail tracks, saying, "Mind the gap".
This kind of thing is why we used to have Monty
Python.


  #44  
Old June 17th 19, 03:38 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.computer.workshop,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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On 17/06/2019 12:30, Apd wrote:
"David B." wrote:
On 17/06/2019 02:35, pyotr filipivich wrote:
"David B." on Sun, 16 Jun 2019 17:58:15 wrote:
Steve Hayes wrote:
An updated O/s probably wouldn't run on my computer -- not enough
resources. People are using Windows XP because they aren't rich enough
to buy a new computer every few months.


People are also using XP because they don't need or don't like later
Microsoft OSes.


I don't think that's true. Even I use XP sometimes - because I can, but
I much prefer to use my pristine Apple iMac! ;-)

I have used most Microsoft Windows software since Windows 3.1

IIRC, I started using Windows XP when it was first introduced in 2002 -
it really is 'old hat' now!


Try Windows 2000 for old hat. It's a hat that fits, better than XP in
some respects and I'm still using it.


I still have my original Dell Dimension XPS D233 which came loaded with
Windows 95. I did upgrade it but last time I used it I put on a pristine
copy of Windows 98.

If you drove a motor vehicle of that age you
might well expect it to suffer more breakdowns than a new or nearly new car!

What is in a Operating System comparable to the mechanical items
in an automobile, which can wear out?


Will 'vulnerabilities' suffice?


Old cars don't have vulnerabilities. Any design faults they may have
will be well-known and will have fixes or work-arounds.


Not so much nowadays, but the major killer of cars during my lifetime
has been *rust*! Think Vauxhall Victor, Lancia Fulvia or any Subaru

Many people run very old veteran and vintage cars.


They do! Here's an image of a great example: https://i.imgur.com/geqkifi.jpg

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Devon, UK
  #45  
Old June 17th 19, 03:45 PM posted to alt.computer.workshop,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
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On 17/06/2019 13:41, Mayayana wrote:
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote

| Yes, but sounds at best "salesman", and at most insulting (to those he
| interacts with, not to him) "teacher of idiots", i. e. someone whose job
| is to tell stupid people what to do.

I don't think it's any of those things. It's just
reason having gone through the filter of bureaucracy.
The FTC has the job of regulating business to prevent
exploitation of "consumers". But government in the US
is largely owned by business. If the FTC is too helpful
then lobbyists will go to Congress and complain. Then
Congress will threaten to cut FTC funding. Our national
anti-hero, Mitch McConnell, might even threaten to
defund the FTC altogether and arrest the staff for
crimes against the rich.

So the FTC needs to do their job by not letting companies
like Google, Facebook, Microsoft or Apple become monopolies
(woops), but they can't afford to do it too well. So how do
they look useful? They offer consumer advice. How do they
do that without warning consumers against businesses that
are trying to cheat them? Well, they could issue bulletins
about Microsoft forcing spyware services on people who buy
their OS. Or they could warn consumers that they're paying
Apple 2-3 times what their product is worth while Apple
evades taxes, uses slave labor in Asia, and actively fights
against their right to repair the device they overpaid for.
But that would be helping consumers at the expense of
business.
So instead they issue trivial officialese about the importance
of keeping software up-to-date. Almost everyone, including
many tech people, agree with that. And it supports the
idea of buying more product from unregulated monopolies.
So everyone's happy.

Last week I was in Microcenter buying a monitor. The clerk
mentioned that a 4K monitor might be what I want for
graphics. I said no, that I only need good color display with
IPS, and anyway, I'm on XP. He told me I should update but
that I'd be OK as long as I didn't connect to the Internet.
I smiled. He looked taken aback. I didn't say anymore. Where
would I start to explain that he was parroting nonsense and
had no understanding of online security?.. And that even
now his computerized doorbell and phone were probably being
hacked because he thought he was protected by his dutiful
updating?
There was a grain
of truth in what he said. And it's good for selling computers. And
it won't get him into trouble. So what else is he to say? He
can't very well start explaining javascript, HOSTS files, and
so on. Which he probably doesn't understand, anyway. And if
he did try to explain to people, sooner or later someone would
complain to his supervisor that one of the clerks is acting
odd.

Maybe the correlate in Britain would be if the ambulance
drivers union got the government to stop safety warnings
in mass transit and instead install lighted signs underneath
the station landings that can only be seen by someone
laying on the rail tracks, saying, "Mind the gap".
This kind of thing is why we used to have Monty
Python.


I expect you know all about THIS already .....

https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/AA19-168A

--
David B.
Devon, UK
 




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