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Re:Bitcoin trojan caught in the wild by codex on Thursday June 16, 2011 @08:49PM (#2663880)
Ah, Bitcoin: the new incentive to breach computer security. Why risk stealing credit card or bank information when you can steal Bitcoins safely and anonymously?
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Re:Bitcoin trojan caught in the wild by weavejester on Friday June 17, 2011 @07:24AM (#2665103)
On the other hand, it's also a powerful incentive to improve computer security.
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Re:Bitcoin trojan caught in the wild by rick888 on Friday June 17, 2011 @06:52PM (#2667403)
No matter how much you improve it, there will be a never ending supply of end users that won't install the proper updates.
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Re:Bitcoin trojan caught in the wild by weavejester on Friday June 17, 2011 @10:37PM (#2667780)
Why give them the choice? You could automatically download and apply the updates in the background, given a sufficiently sophisticated updater. That's basically Google's plan with ChromeOS.
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