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<blockquote data-quote="Rui Belo" data-source="post: 264699" data-attributes="member: 28157"><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>The only part of your comments that made sense to me was your closing remark at the end;</p><p>. . . . “The fact is that (on Windows and OSX) we don't have the (protective) policy there (and we can't) so these (safe user) practices are necessary…”.</p><p></p><p>While I can agree that policy enforcements at the OS and application levels would help, the real world implementation of such at a truly workable level for the masses is just wishful ideology (as your closing line above implies). And I could certainly add my own to that ideological wish list.</p><p></p><p>To suggest that if the “…policy is strong enough it should be unnecessary for the user to exert any "common sense" whatsoever.” is like suggesting that if we disconnect the user from the internet then no brains are required and all problems are solved. Neither is going to happen.</p><p></p><p>But this might be what you were saying anyway, so please forgive me if I misunderstood your delivery (sometimes I can be a little slow <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.</p><p></p><p>As Jack’s (Stelian Pilici?) opening statement so honestly and correctly says, “The single biggest factor in preventing a malware infection on your PC is you (the user).” Good or bad, that’s the common real world reality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rui Belo, post: 264699, member: 28157"] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The only part of your comments that made sense to me was your closing remark at the end; . . . . “The fact is that (on Windows and OSX) we don't have the (protective) policy there (and we can't) so these (safe user) practices are necessary…”. While I can agree that policy enforcements at the OS and application levels would help, the real world implementation of such at a truly workable level for the masses is just wishful ideology (as your closing line above implies). And I could certainly add my own to that ideological wish list. To suggest that if the “…policy is strong enough it should be unnecessary for the user to exert any "common sense" whatsoever.” is like suggesting that if we disconnect the user from the internet then no brains are required and all problems are solved. Neither is going to happen. But this might be what you were saying anyway, so please forgive me if I misunderstood your delivery (sometimes I can be a little slow :). As Jack’s (Stelian Pilici?) opening statement so honestly and correctly says, “The single biggest factor in preventing a malware infection on your PC is you (the user).” Good or bad, that’s the common real world reality. [/QUOTE]
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