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Re:Obama Admin Pursuing Executive Order to Enact CISPA-Like ... by yuhong on Monday September 10, 2012 @04:42PM (#4502138)
>Solution to 1 & 2: Make use of Windows on any Federal computer or power grid control system illegal, punishable by public whipping.

Huh?

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Re:Obama Admin Pursuing Executive Order to Enact CISPA-Like ... by taw9 on Thursday September 13, 2012 @12:30PM (#4517062)
Modern cybersecurity threats generally involve (1) legions of zombie computers and (2) weak native OS security.

"No Windows = No Problem" is not an overstatement. The fact that we have nuclear power plants running on Windows in this country is abso-fucking-lutely terrifying.

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Re:Obama Admin Pursuing Executive Order to Enact CISPA-Like ... by yuhong on Saturday September 15, 2012 @08:03PM (#4527706)
What is exactly wrong with Windows itself that leads to these problems? And even if there is, it doesn't mean that it is as simple as that.
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Re:Obama Admin Pursuing Executive Order to Enact CISPA-Like ... by taw9 on Sunday September 16, 2012 @02:46PM (#4529929)
Do you run your Windows box without virus protection?
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Re:Obama Admin Pursuing Executive Order to Enact CISPA-Like ... by yuhong on Wednesday September 19, 2012 @11:51AM (#4544073)
Most of these attacks are targeted attacks and antivirus wouldn't have helped.
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