tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29245024.post4570597247077175876..comments2023-06-17T07:57:18.521-04:00Comments on Andy, ITGuy: Automatic Security?Andy, ITGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09237512546845510001noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29245024.post-14879658808166827642007-10-12T02:35:00.000-04:002007-10-12T02:35:00.000-04:00Andy, I posted my response back on my blog. (Kinda...Andy, I posted my response back on my blog. (Kinda of long.) <BR/><BR/>You can find it here: http://mitchellashley.typepad.com/the_converging_network/2007/10/andy-the-it-guy.html<BR/><BR/>MitchellUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717268591991518121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29245024.post-22864827289860925952007-10-08T18:10:00.000-04:002007-10-08T18:10:00.000-04:00a) i hear you with respect to losing comments... i...a) i hear you with respect to losing comments... i've had so many problems with comments (often times without any noscript involvement at all) that i installed the google notebook extension to make it easier to save a copy of my of my comments just in case my comment magically vanished somehow i can get them back...<BR/><BR/>b) i saw mitchell's post but as soon as i read the part about it being fundamentally flawed to rely on users i thought to myself "so he's one of <I>those</I>"... every single one of his examples of the disconnect between perception and reality could actually be attributed to the user's expectation that the protection software already <B>is</B> automatic... they think they installed it, they never bother to check it, so when it becomes disabled or turns out to be something other than it claimed to be (cough rogue anti-spyware cough) they're caught with their pants down precisely because vendors try their best to keep users out of the equation and then market their wares like they're install-and-forget <I>solutions</I>...<BR/><BR/>automatic security is <B>snake oil</B>, plain and simple... too much of everyday end-user computing is ambiguous enough as to require more than just an algorithmic response... intelligent, context-sensitive decision making is a requirement and it is something that cannot be programmed in...kurt wismerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03810635947269551517noreply@blogger.com