Re: Worms versus Bots

From: Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. (no email)
Date: Tue May 04 2004 - 19:24:36 EDT


Steven M. Bellovin wrote:

>>>>However, up to 90% of the users *are* stupid:

>>Or is it possible there are other explanations?
>
> Don Norman has argued quite eloquently that it's a technology and human
> factors failure -- see, for example,
> http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200312/msg00105.html
> (reprinted from RISKS Digest).
>
> Now, I'm not saying that it's easy to get things like this right, and
> I've argued loudly against the notion that auto-patching is a sane
> approach. But if we deny that there's a problem except for "stupid
> people", we're not likely to find a solution.

That last sentence is the point I was trying to get to.

After all, nearly half the people here are below the average for
intelligence.

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