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11/1/12 at 5:19pm
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Most interesting part about this thread (for me at least) was learning that there are companies that search for exploits within software and then sells them (legitimately) to Western governments so that they can use them for espionage/counter-espionage. As far Windows 8 and exploits. Big surprise. Guess what, the sun will come up tomorrow as well.
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11/1/12 at 5:32pm
Everyone should really have two computers. One high-end machine for multitasking, gaming, etc. and another cheap machine for web browsing.
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11/1/12 at 5:35pm
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Originally Posted by 06tb06 View Post

Everyone should really have two computers. One high-end machine for multitasking, gaming, etc. and another cheap machine for web browsing.

hack me russians, i dare you....watch how fast i make you wish you didnt. lol
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11/1/12 at 5:35pm
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Most interesting part about this thread (for me at least) was learning that there are companies that search for exploits within software and then sells them (legitimately) to Western governments so that they can use them for espionage/counter-espionage. As far Windows 8 and exploits. Big surprise. Guess what, the sun will come up tomorrow as well.
It's only a matter of time before we start telling our kids about the good ol' days, back when we had this thing called privacy.

On topic: someone found a security exploit for an x86 based Windows operating system? Color me surprised.
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11/2/12 at 11:52am
IE (since the beginning) +logins with LiveID so I'm not surprised.
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Originally Posted by Socks keep you warm View Post

Not really that big of a deal, since people have been penetrating into Windows since day 1.

True, but Microsoft has been going out of their way with Windows 8 on how great security is in it over Windows 7.
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11/2/12 at 12:02pm
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Everyone should really have two computers. One high-end machine for multitasking, gaming, etc. and another cheap machine for web browsing.
Won't help at all if they are on the same network.
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11/2/12 at 12:05pm
Well, is there a browser/flash/javascript combination that is functional for browsing but secure from malicious links? (Let's ignore the people that click yes on any install window for a moment)
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11/2/12 at 12:52pm
Good thing I don't use IE!
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11/2/12 at 1:00pm
Well that didn't last long. I thought spy agencies would have used a custom Linux distro or something.
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