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- yikiad, on 10/12/2007, -7/+47@ jollyroger814
umm...that wifi hole is across the board. its a vendor driver hole. so go by yourself ANY machine and i'll own you through the same hole.
do people actually read the whole article anymore??? - marnaq, on 10/12/2007, -6/+39Oh, yeah. Let's all listen to Homeland security and do what they say! Hey! My hands are up!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27Don't forget to buy lots of duct tape.
- Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -16/+42I got news for everyone - those people who bitch about Windows problems? They'll bitch about problems with any OS they're running. You hear people bitching about Windows because it's got a 90% market share. I did some work at a place earlier this week that has three Macs - only place I've been with Macs in months. Guess what? People were bitching about them.
- ScornForSega, on 10/12/2007, -2/+26There's a worm hole in my laptop?
Great! CNET found the solution to our energy crisis. Just carry around a laptop with a copy of Windows XP and use your own personal wormhole to get around.
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C'mon CNET... you really should know better. - EPeters, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23Windows security related stories always have the most arguing, but this one takes the cake. The first thing I see is a dull, grey screen from all the neg comments. It's like a little storm cloud is rolling through digg. You know that people will digg you down if you post stupid things, so for the love of sanity don't do it. Yes I know the if you digg down THIS comment, it'll all be very ironic. I'm sorry, but I don't care. It's all gone on too long. RTFA, comment on it, or STFU.
- trigon77, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19@ScornForSega
Yea, I work here at CNET and I am sometime a little embarrassed when our news.com people poorly explain this kind of stuff - deuceace, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16You know its bad when even the government can find it...
- Harboggles, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13HMM the government already got to my computer....my windows already locks up.
- LordRahl72, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Mac sucks, PC sucks, Linux sucks.
Long live my Comadore 64. - terinjokes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12The patch allows DHS to read your computer
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Its what holds the pipes together in an emergency....
- iSEPIC, on 10/12/2007, -4/+15Actually I took his advice when all the Apple patches came out last week, I dumped my Mac and bought a Linux machine, now when some Linux patches come out, I'll dump it and come back to Windows - what a life I have following cult like mentalities, but at least it's non stop action!
- synth7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9yea terrorist air particles
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Especially since the FBI has to send Macs up north to Canada to crack.
- mozzer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9it struck me as odd, too. With all of the reported win xp vulnerabilities, DHS jumps on this one. I hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but do they know something that we don't?
- mecole21, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11I thought they were talking about the other kind of windows.... I was like thank god I have air conditioning and keep them closed all the time...
- cm32438, on 10/12/2007, -6/+14The Dept. of Homeland Security is worried about "worm holes"???
Hahah, sorry, I know that's not what they meant, but really, was that the best choice of words? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Only reason I would "lock" up my windows install is because I fear homeland security taking a peak at it, not a worm.
- trigon77, on 10/12/2007, -6/+13Why is it that 90% of these security holes in Windows allow people to remotely take complete control.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7agreed.
If there's one reason to NOT update my windows PC because of a "vulnerability," it's because the dept of homeland security urged me to... - JohnboiWaltune, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8They probably just picked one at random... someone at DHS identified the opportunity to spread a little fearmongering in a new way. Most people will take away from this story the idea that the "terrorists are gonna get your computer".
- addw, on 10/12/2007, -7/+13So what you are saying is: ''don't learn from what happens, just shut your eyes and hope that you won't get attacked by the next MS Windows hole'' -- and (based on past experience) there *will* be another serious MS Windows hole before too long.
- cypher543, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Why does everything turn into a Linux vs Windows vs Mac war? I don't really like Windows, either. But I'm not going to jump in and start spouting it off just to make everyone angry. Those of you that continue to start arguments and feed the flame with your OS bashing taunts, maybe it's time that you grow up a little bit.
- FunkyWitDaSysTm, on 10/12/2007, -15/+21@synth
ok, then, here's how you fix your "vuln":
install linux! - merreborn, on 10/12/2007, -6/+12Hey funky: you've just made this the most popular link on digg today:
http://www.digg.com/userblock/30775 - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5***** Homeland Security. I'll keep my security holes closed, thank you very much.
- linnorm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7If wormholes are involved shouldn't they call SG-1?
- dtfinch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Windows 95/98 users don't have to worry. Windows locks up itself.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6@Funky
You have way too much time on your hands, buddy. Relax. Try some deep breathing. Maybe a nice hot cup of tea.
People are going to disagree with you (and vice-versa), but there's no need to act like a complete nob. - FunkyWitDaSysTm, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9@ISEPIC
lol, it's good to see someone whith a sense of humor here. - OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4They are surprisingly dumb for an organization with their level of resources. Mostly because they have corrupt partisan bureaucrats in charge instead of geeks and experts.
- etresoft, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6How long until DHS gets hacked and 1.8 million air travelers have their personal information stolen - all because DHS never applied this fix to their own servers?
- redxii, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Administrator level counts are sooooooooooooooo secure.
"Oh Microsoft, will you please make the ***** administrator group more secure?? #$%#@$!" - Darkkish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4you guys it sounds to me like Homeland Security could have blackmailed windows into embeding something else in there update (perhaps something that the FBI can use in thier favor)
- terminalpariah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Security wormhole? Call Commander Cisco! Ba-zing!
(See, it's a play on words... DS9, Bajoran wormhole, Sisko... Cisco Systems... that was so lame it hurt me to type it.) - min_t, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Sounds like DHS is installing a rootkit to passively monitor our terrorist activities. I suggest waiting for someone to decipher the source code and see if it has a "call home" feature. Until then, do not install the update.
- Niteryder, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Something is not correct with this story or the patch I downloaded from the supposed
Microsoft page. Microsoft has a downloaded that does a verify and then install,
this page allows for a hard download no verify on the patch
Windows2000-KB921883-x86-ENU
So I brought up the Microsoft update page and searched for this patch, strangely
it could not be found on Microsoft's page, even with advanced search mode....... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Edit went away right as I was typing this:
Is this part of the recent Windows update that automatically installed (even though I could've sworn I disabled it)? Or is it a future update? - mateo60, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Maybe there is a "bug" in the patch!
(conspiricy theory, sorry) - OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Why don't you move to Africa while you're at it and get eaten by a crocodile?
We need our PCs, turning them off is not a solution. - FunkyWitDaSysTm, on 10/12/2007, -9/+11god, you guys sound pissed. heh. and instead of actually providing a valid counterpoint, all you people just call me names and tell me to go away. too bad.
i know how to sercure a windows box just fine. but in this day and age, the computer shouldn't need it. what's wrong with expecting my computter to just work wheen i get it? why should i have to spend all that time covering up windows' holes with anti-virus apps and software firewalls, adware blockers, et al.? why would someone want to put themselves through that? nto only that, but have to completely stay on top of it day-to-day just to be sure that something won't slip through.
os x provides for a 99% worry-free setup (1% because sometimes good things go bad). who wouldn't want that? you, apparently. so go on, call me names, block me and tell me to go home. i'm still right becase windows still blows in every way (although i admit it has some pretty cool visual themes). why does windows blow? this isn't a matter of opinion-- it's fact. it insecure, notoriously unstable, and doesn't even offer any of the features that EVERY other os offers. and vista? yeah, that's even worse. how do i know? i've been an m$ beta tester for over 10 years. remember chicago, nashville, memphis, cairo to name a few? yeah, they all blew, too.
so you guys defend your faulty, broken os. and when the next bug, virus, explooit, worm, trojan, or whetever else you have an issue with in your twisted windows world, i'll be sittiing on a mac or linux box laughing at you. why do i laugh? because you guys just never seem to learn.
btw, if it takes you hours to set up a linux box, then you don't know much about linux-- and you especially shouldn't be commenting about it. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I know I might seem paranoid here, but doesn't everyone find it kind of strange that a governmental agency that has never been concerned with people installing Windows updates suddenly wants everyone to install a certain piece of software? They really want everyone to have this update on their machine. Motivation? Pure good will? I don't think so. Perhaps there's something about this update that they may just have and interest in having on most desktops out there?
... just a thought. - bitcloud, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm just waiting for WGA to be held up as a threat to national security...
Anyone good at writing letters to DHS?
preferably in an arabic accent "dear silly amedicans! because of WGA we ave managed to haxox into your silly non elite consumerist operating systems!" etc. - pauldonnelly, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Everybody quit modding him down! No one wants to hear how much their OS sucks; you're not going to get through by telling them that it does and that they should run Linux instead. Just give up. If they're going to come around, they'll do it on their own.
- tuka, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Ohh great, as if terrorists and dirty bombs were not bad enough. Now we have to worry about worm holes attacking america. Al'Quada is hiring physicists now. Damn you stephen hawking, damn you.
- Athyrius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yep
Me smells a huge, stinking, garbage sifting rat in all this. - oreo2123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1FYI:
Just so you guys know...and I might be the only one who missed it...but it was bothering me why DHS would be spending its time on something like this (ya know, with the terror alert being at an arbitrarily scary level of orange and all)...so it appears that CERT and DHS kinda merged...formed a partnership...I missed that one:
http://www.cert.org/faq/cert_faq.html#A7 - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It was still funny. At least somebody (me) caught it. =P
- jjkurtz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3"Jaffa!! Hear me!!"
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