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ShadowOfGed
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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2008-06-29, 23:36

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Originally Posted by Dave View Post
By being wrong about whether or not you can trust it.
Yep; but as mentioned elsewhere, that's not really the fault of the OS. If your trusted developer intentionally inserts malware, your computer is going to get owned pretty quick. Frankly, the types of malware-infested software tend to be the crappy "free" addons you can get---VirtuaGirl or whatever, some of the Windows weather tray icons, that sort of thing. Also, the "free" online poker apps that you must download and that stuff.

I avoid that kind of shady software like the plague; it seems pretty easy to identify (in my eyes). Also, the sketch factor immediately makes me distrustful. Maybe not the case for some folks, but there's no good way to quantify "how to check if you can trust software."

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Originally Posted by chucker View Post
Social engineering.
Yeah, social engineering is the ultimate in hacking. However, I guess part of "trusting the software" is presuming someone won't socially engineer their way past competent developers. Not much to be done on this count, though.

Both valid points.

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