WYTM - "but what if it was true?"

[Dan Kaminsky]

>If you are insisting that there is always
>a way and that, therefore, the situation is
>permanently hopeless such that the smart
>ones are getting the hell out of the
>Internet, I can go with that, but then
>we (you and I) would both be guilty of
>letting the best be the enemy of the good.
>  
>
A reasonable critique.

It is not necessary though that there exists an acceptable solution that
keeps PC's with persistent stores secure.  A bootable CD from a bank is
an unexpectedly compelling option, as are the sort of services we're
going to see coming out of all those new net-connected gaming systems
coming out soon.

--Dan


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