Sickening shilling for MS by Ontario privacy commissioner

JoeHill joehill-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org
Sun Oct 22 01:33:53 UTC 2006


On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 18:38:43 -0400
CLIFFORD ILKAY got an infinite number of monkeys to type out:

> > > 2. I run KMail on Linux. Why is it that I still receive spam and
> > > regularly encounter phishing attempts even though those are
> > > supposedly "almost exclusively the result of insecurities
> > > inherent in Microsofts products"? Oh yes. It's all Microsoft's
> > > fault.
> >
> > Talk about 'Straw Man', sheesh.
> >
> > What a silly and spurious argument. If I need to explain to you how
> > the spam gets to you, and yes it is Microsoft's fault, then I don't
> > know what else to say. I'm inclined to believe you are being a
> > little intellectually dishonest here, but just in case:
> >
> > http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,60747,00.html
> >
> > http://securityfocus.com/columnists/188
> 
> Note the dates on those articles. How many ISPs leave port 25 open 
> these days? 

...and why do those ISP's *have to* block port 25? Because millions of
trivially exploited MS boxes, with their pathetic excuse for 'security', are
still spewing spam.

> > As far as the other points, you're right, I don't know. For some
> > inexplicable reason you are replying to me but attacking David's
> > argument.
> 
> Agreeing with positions you don't understand or cannot defend is classic
> fanboy behaviour.

? Holy shit, dude, seriously. Would you *relax* with that?

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