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25 July 2006
Is there something a little off about this headline?→[More:] Just in case they fix the headline before you see it: "Yahoo and Symantec join forces to battle internet security"
Internet security doesn't have a prayer.
Reminds me of a 10k walk that they used to hold in Austin every year. Each year, they'd hang the same banner across MLK advertising the walk:
Come Join the So-and-So 10K
Benefitting Child Abuse
Symantec's personal firewall software has done wonders at battling internet security. People tend to just get accustomed to clicking the "allow" button that pops up, so it ends up as a nice little woobie that internet users can hold tightly at night to make them feel safer, rather than something that actually makes them safe.
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