Am 08. Jan, 2004 schw=E4tzte Richard L. Proctor so:

> On Thursday 08 January 2004 12:02 pm, Derek Neighbors wrote:

Pardon me for echoing Derek's words :), but I think these are important
points.

> The point though,  is that there was no expensive phone calls.  You call =
the
> number on the screen and they quickly give you another code to type in.  =
No
> biggy!  I've done this for myself and many customers.

If you bought it you should have to call and ask for permission to use it.
It'd really suck to have to call the phone company to get permission to use
your phone.

911 -> "Thank you for calling $cell_phone_service_provider, all our agents
are busy talking to other valuable customers that we're pissing off, please
wait and we'll eventually get to your call."

> > 2. If you install install service pack 1 for XP, you agree to let
> > microsoft have full access to your computer remotely without notifying
> > you.  It even goes as far as to say they can INSTALL software or UPGRAD=
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> > software if they feel it necessary[0].  Of course, they state they woul=
d
> > never abuse this.  You could certainly not install sp 1, but then you a=
re
> > open to about 3 or 4 of the known nasties in the wild.
>
> This sounds like someone who is using their computer for illegal purposes=
 and
> is paranoid?

Do you lock your front door? Do you lock your car?

I like my privacy. A good portion of my life is public, but there are times
when I want privacy, when I want to be able to ignore the world.

Equating a want for privacy with paranoia is improper logic.

As for computer systems, I have lots of private information on them. I
require that to be secure from unknown parties 24/7. My employer requires
the same for the computers that have company info. I might not be able to
keep everyone from breaking in, but I sure am not going to give anyone
permission to do so.

Paranoia is why I don't go to airports ;-).

ciao,

der.hans
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