Re: trust (was Re: Run Only)
Re: trust (was Re: Run Only)
- Subject: Re: trust (was Re: Run Only)
- From: George Mack <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 08:37:51 -0500
I've never understood the motivation behind creating virii and other
malicious code. I have certainly explored uses of a variety of
technologies that could be used in *bad* ways, but it was an
self-educating process and from it I learned how to build better
solutions for others.
jeff
Like medicines, most useful functions can be harmful if applied in
the wrong place or at the wrong time. If a technology is sufficiently
powerful, rest assured that sooner or later someone will find a way
to use it maliciously. Empty trash? Delete files? Install?
Duplicate? All functions that it is unthinkable NOT having on your
computer, but you would certainly want to be in control. And I'm not
sure I would want to surrender that control to some parental
screening on the part of the OS; life just provides too many
unforeseen situations.
I guess that is the moral of the Disney episode "The Sorceror's
Apprentice" -- it's not just power, but the controlled use of it,
that makes "magic" useful.
Back to thinking up a silly script of my own.
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