vfpguy
Alias Dotnetguy
join:2001-07-21
Wayne, NJ
| reply to justin
Re: Nice!
said by justin  :
At this rate I'd honestly think of advising non-computer friends to not use email AT ALL, for ANYTHING, ever AGAIN. And I'd advise legit companies to not use email for anything except no-action-required notifications. Just don't get an email address unless you want to make spam tools and scam tricks and security updates a personal hobby. Honestly it is getting that bad.
So what's the alternative for non-computer literate people to communicate with each other over the Internet and for businesses to communicate with each other and their customers? E-Mail with a web-site address to click? No, can't use that one. Instant Messaging? No, if IM clients like Trillian have reversed engineered the IM protocols then how long until someone figures out how to spam IM? Change e-mail clients to only accept digitally signed mail? Not as long as certificates are relatively expensive and complicated (for the average user) to set up.
Much as I hate to admit it (donning flameproof suit) MS's Trustworthy Computing is sounding better and better (assuming they can pull if off with their "usual high quality"  )
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