DST instructions for PC and PDA

[paul bruesch]

Thank you John. Very well put.

To add a bit of fuel to the flame, (and since this thread of OT anyhow...)
I'd much rather have M$ spy on me than my government... and I'd still
further prefer to have my government spy on me than the identity thieves who
could very well (but most likely are not) reading this email while it's on
its way to the list server.

M$ can abuse its findings by marketing to me, and annoying me endlessly with
offers that I'm not the slightest bit interested in (but they don't do
that.)

The Government can arrest me based on a misinterpretation of something they
warrantlessly listen to me say on the phone to a friend in jest (but most
likely they won't.)

Identity thieves ruthlessly and illegally seek out information about me.
This is by far the most likely scenario of the three offered here.

Paul Bruesch
Piano beginner
Rookie Piano Technician
Former Computer Engineer who worked mightily on Y2K issues and is glad not
to be in THAT business any longer


On 3/5/07, John Dutton <duttonjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> With all due respect, if M$ wants to spy on your machine anytime you go
> online they can access it. After all, they wrote the code for the
> operating
> system.  The same would be true of Apple.
>
> By not utilizing the Automatic Update feature, *the average user is not
> getting the critical updates they need to keep their machine running
> safely
> because they can't remember to do this themselves*.  One of my many hats
> is
> as a network engineer/tech support and I see this all the time-out of date
> antivirus software and lack of anything resembling a critical update.  If
> it
> does not automatically update itself then the machine is at risk.  To
> order
> a CD for every set of critical updates would be not very efficient.  And
> in
> point of fact, every time you browse the web you are likely giving up more
> personal data than M$ is collecting.  [Of course, every time you use a
> debit
> or credit card you give up data about yourself.  Every time you make a
> phone
> call you give up data about yourself.  Every time you give someone your
> SSN....well you get the picture.]  I have in the past managed many a
> machine
> with semi-legal copies of Windows operating systems-not XP or Vista to be
> sure-and M$ never shut them down through the Automatic Update process.
>
> To recap, computers are far more vulnerable if they do not have up-to-date
> antivirus software and up-to-date "Critical Updates" (leave the optional
> ones alone if you will) than they are without.  I personally prefer to
> have
> anti-spyware as well.  M$ is not going to suck out the insides of your
> machine during the process.  You give up tons of data you don't even know
> about when you browse the web or shop at the local grocery
> store.  Paranoia
> in this instance won't help keep you or your machine safe.
>
> John Dutton
> Principal Horn
> Piano Technician
> Computer Network Engineer
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hechler Family [mailto:dahechler at charter.net]
> Sent: Sunday, 04 March, 2007 19:55
> To: Pianotech List
> Subject: Re: DST instructions for PC and PDA
>
> John, et all,
>
> Just a friendly reminder - anytime you do online updates, you are
> opening your whole desktop/laptop so Microsoft can spy on you - meaning
> what you have installed, legally or illegally, all your data files,
> public and/or private.
>
> Make a full backup or order the update via CD.
>
> MS worry-wort
>
>
>
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