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Whitehat botnets (ha ha only serious)

Whitehat botnets (ha ha only serious)

Posted Feb 16, 2009 23:50 UTC (Mon) by mmarsh (subscriber, #17029)
In reply to: Whitehat botnets (ha ha only serious) by JesseW
Parent article: Forcing updates

I think home-user-level security "maintenance" contracts are a good idea, and some ISPs provide something along these lines (I think -- I wasn't much interested in Verizon's security plan, since it's for Windows). Most people don't maintain their own cars; some do, but they're more technically knowledgeable. People also install alarm systems in their houses. I think there's definitely a way to market this to the general public. The only real hitch is how the liability is handled if a compromise does occur.


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