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Comments on: Macrovision update plugs zero-day DRM exploit

Sod the DRM Angle... 

Posted Tuesday 6th November 2007 13:14 GMT

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More Hitchhiker analogies in stories, please.

Priv Elevation "Relatively Mild?!" Compared to what? 

Posted Tuesday 6th November 2007 17:00 GMT

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I suppose since everyone runs their machines with full Administrator access anyways, that a privilege elevation bug is much lower on the priority list than a bug in some user-level app that the ignorant user's running under said-full-Admin access.

By comparison, I treat privilege elevation bugs as VERY high priority. Well, because no one I consult for runs with full admin BECAUSE of all of the so-called "high priority" bugs out there... and yes, that includes myself.

And Vista isn't vulnerable... guess that's as good a reason as any to upgrade!

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