Comments on: What’s Up Wednesdays: Security and Influence http://btr.michaelkwan.com/2009/12/09/whats-up-wednesdays-security-and-influence/ Freelance Writing, Personal Development, and Making Money with Freelance Writer Michael Kwan Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ray Ebersole http://btr.michaelkwan.com/2009/12/09/whats-up-wednesdays-security-and-influence/#comment-70678 Ray Ebersole Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:33:06 +0000 http://btr.michaelkwan.com/?p=7628#comment-70678 Some great points, especially Fabrizio's about Google. Google's CEO just show how ignorant and bully like Google and other major companies can be. From my end of the scope, I believe in the Least Privilege Security Model to prevent Zero day attacks and a lot of viruses. Unfortunately, most people want to be administrators on their box, when being a limited user would save them a lot of grief. It might take a few extra steps to install the software from another admin account that is only used for that reason, but I feel safety is more important. Some great points, especially Fabrizio’s about Google. Google’s CEO just show how ignorant and bully like Google and other major companies can be.

From my end of the scope, I believe in the Least Privilege Security Model to prevent Zero day attacks and a lot of viruses. Unfortunately, most people want to be administrators on their box, when being a limited user would save them a lot of grief. It might take a few extra steps to install the software from another admin account that is only used for that reason, but I feel safety is more important.

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