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> The Blaster rworm did not in fact make the whole earth fall apart. Stop scaremongering. Blaster was a wake-up call, caused DDoS on servers, and kickstarted s
by sedatk 2y ago
> The Blaster rworm did not in fact make the whole earth fall apart. Stop scaremongering.
Blaster was a wake-up call, caused DDoS on servers, and kickstarted similar variants like SQL Slammer, Sasser, Conficker that hindered many services around the world. Stop dismissing real threats because you haven't personally affected by them.
> This is exactly the point: Microsoft does NOT have those billions of devices, their users do.
Do you prefer a billion unpatched systems roaming around with all ports open and running all programs as admin? Why are you against as secure defaults?
> Because the demand for increased security never ands and can be used to justify any and all loss of freedom.
If you don't like secure defaults, just turn them off. If you don't like how Windows does something, use an alternative. What dystopia are you talking about?