How high will Microsoft fly? Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?

MSFT 486.83

-1.1%

Dec 1 3:59 PM EST

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: SC who wrote (45157)	5/23/2000 8:33:00 PM
From: cheryl williamson	Read Replies (2) of 74651

I don't know what all this has to do with M$FT's lousy, unsecured O/S for the PC. Especially when the internet could be a way of making purchasing and disbursements more secure than they are now. If a vendor shares information about you to another vendor, it's a privacy concern. That has nothing to do with internet security. I believe that privacy, or the lack thereof is a great concern for our society, with or without the internet. What I am addressing is the problem of an open O/S that allows easy access to what could be very valuable data stored in increasingly large amounts on end-user disks. So far 45,000 of these viruses have been unleashed on PC users. Many HAVE already been affected by them in the form of lost data. The fact that some unknown process can invade your PC and destroy data is very disturbing to customers. If some unknown person or persons out there decide to invade your PC and steal account information and passwords, you effectively have no security and someone could wreak havoc with your on-line accounts, and you have no idea who may have stolen this information. Sharing credit information and credit card numbers is one thing, but having someone gain access to your passworded brokerage account is in a different league altogether in security protection. From the customer's standpoint, why risk it??? Just because it's on your PC doesn't mean someone can't get to it. That's less secure than some breaking into the Goldman-Sachs IBM mainframe and stealing then decoding the password file to all brokerage accounts, wouldn't you say???

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next