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The "good guys" tend to not always be good guys when they suddenly have a toy that can scan everything on all the computers in the US. There are plenty of free
by javery 17y ago
The "good guys" tend to not always be good guys when they suddenly have a toy that can scan everything on all the computers in the US.
There are plenty of free virus scanners out there, this isn't a technology problem but a education problem.
- chrischen 17y agoYes but you can voluntarily install a toy that can scan your computers. If you can do that, you can have the government pay for anti-virus software and guarantee security. At the very least you can just have software that will prevent your computer from being turned into zombies. Obviously such a thing would have to be voluntary. That means you can opt to remove it, or not install it. But the point is to provide it for free, as a free beneficial tool, paid by the collective interest to secure our way of life, and to make it easily available. Hey we have a military and they have the power to take over the US if they wanted to. Such a thing funded to protect our computers is necessary too, and obviously we don't want to give some people secret control of this powerful tool, but that doesn't mean it's not possible to secure our computers without such a threat.
- thwarted 17y agoYou are most likely being downmodded for choosing to use catch phrases like "collective interest", "secure our way of life", and "take over the US". These are increasingly becoming phrases that we consider crackpots to use when they want to drum up support, for legit purposes or not.
- chrischen 17y agoYes I agree. Poor choices of words that have certain connotations. Wish I could edit it now because I think a lot of people are missing the point because of it.