"There are the less obvious intrusion cases: Why is it that consumers don't lift their fingers knowing full well that certain, apparently legitimate, entities can place code on the PC without having to prompt?. By doing so the property, in this case the PC, is unknowingly altered and, in the best case, slowed performance is the result. Of course I am referring to SPYWARE."
Awk I think there are many pc/internet users who do not understand in a technological or personal way just how vulnerable they are.
Take a look at this pdf file "Georgetown Privacy Policy Survey"(Wave was a sponsor). Is the typical consumer aware of the kind of information about them that is being pilfered from their surfing? Doubtful. Much less so about their vulnerability to spyware....that's just for the movies afterall! <g>
awk, I think the spyware example is a very good one. But as usual there are some counter-examples of the same kind. For instance, AMD's Geoff Strongin recently mentioned that some cookies actually improve function. So how do you distinguish a good cookie from a bad piece of spyware?
I'm not sure how those questions get answered, but they do need to be answered in order to get the infrastructure right. Is that the kind of discussion that goes on in places like ISTPA do you suppose?
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