A Weblog of Centrist Voices in American Politics
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October 24, 2007New Microsoft Vista Security System - UAC - Is EvilI'll bet $100 that neither Gates nor Ballmer have it enabled. Either they're still on XP or have UAC specifically turned off, because I can't imagine any impatient, CEO-like personality living with UAC. So, what does UAC do? Anytime, anytime, anytime an application does anything potentially questionable from a security POV on behalf of a user (which is surprisingly often), Vista pops up a box and asks if you really want to do that. Anytime you run Control Panel, you can expect 1-3 of these on your way to doing what you wanted to do. Sometimes exploring a filesystem will get you boxes. It's the bondage & domination approach to security. It's not even likely to work, since users will get used to clicking Yes thoughtlessly. It only buys Microsoft spin and legal room - because now it's all the user's fault for clicking Yes. When I'm forced to run Vista, I'll disable it second thing after the usual first thing of disabling networks. Posted by Jon Kay at October 24, 2007 10:51 PMComments
UAC, isn't that the Union Aerospace Corporation? Actually, I went into Vista ownership with the same expectation, but I've been pleasantly surprised. I've not found it at all obtrusive. It does take a few extra clicks when I'm installing a piece of software, but as a general philosophy, I try to avoid doing that as much as possible. I mean, I install the major software that I need and use regularly, but I try to avoid installing shareware-type and minor "helper" programs as much as possible. When I do install shareware of some sort, I appreciate UAC's letting me know what the software is doing. I have, at least once, had UAC help me prevent a web page from hijacking my system. Posted by: PatHMV at October 29, 2007 11:21 PMHolen Sie sich den besten Casino Bonus. Lesen Sie auf punenet.com, wo man den besten Casino Bonus im Web findet. casino bonus - http://www.punenet.com/ Posted by: casino bonus at November 19, 2007 11:12 PM Holen Sie sich den besten Casino Bonus. Lesen Sie auf punenet.com, wo man den besten Casino Bonus im Web findet. casino bonus - http://www.punenet.com/ Posted by: casino bonus at November 25, 2007 08:42 PM |
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