Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 10:37:05 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Would you trust this man with your life? Unbelievable Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1010320103525.77137A-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010319181515.04bc14f0@localhost>
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Talk about an appealing hacker target. Hope they're not running Windows NT without all the patches installed [like all those online stores]. Mind you, the big fear here is not necessarily the OS, merely the concentration of all the data in a nice, convenient, package. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project robert@fledge.watson.org NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Brett Glass wrote: > http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?print=1&guid={BAF153AC-EAF5-4449-8DC8-C837376B5912}&siteid=mktw > > Microsoft unveils awaited software > By Mike Tarsala, CBS.MarketWatch.com > Last Update: 5:07 PM ET Mar 19, 2001 > > REDMOND, Wash. (CBS.MW) - Bill Gates is trying to convince > anyone who's ever filled out a form on the Internet to trust > him with their lives - and pay his company for it. > > Gates unveiled Internet-based software Monday that lets people > store and manage their personal records [making] the world's > largest software company a central repository for storing credit > card numbers, birth records and other types of personal > information. The company will charge a to-be-determined monthly > fee for the service. > > Code-named Hailstorm ... > > ... The software keeps people from having to root through file > cabinets any time they want to make a big-ticket purchase, file > a medical claim or apply for a loan. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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