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by PhantomGremlin 3513 days ago
Blah blah blah.

Back in 2002 Billy tried to interest Microsoft in Trustworthy Computing. http://www.zdnet.com/article/10-years-since-the-bill-gates-s... It's now 2016 and they're still "trying" to figure it out.

Microsoft has a market cap of $465 billion. They currently have $136 billion in cash. Their ongoing security failures don't seem to have affected them all that much.

Their ongoing efforts remind me of the classic Far Side cartoon http://adventuresinsidewaysliving.blogspot.com/2008/08/farsi... Knowing how it could change the life of canines everywhere, the dog scientists struggled diligently to understand the Doorknob Principle

I will grant them one thing. IMO it's impossible to defend against spear-phishing. I don't think anyone will ever solve that one. Can't overcome human nature: "Oh look, cute cat GIFs!".