Well not too bad really, but you all enjoy hearing that!
I found a story about Chinese citizens jailed for piracy quite amusing. Officials in China on Thursday gave 4 men prison sentences from 2 to 3 1/2 years for software piracy. These men removed the authentication process from WinXP, gave the software away free, but, charged for advertising on the website. Chinese news agencies are calling this the 'nation's biggest software piracy case'. Who are they kidding? China 'exports' most of the world's pirated software and digital media. If China puts all the hackers away, what security jobs will there be for us?
Don't get me wrong, it is definitely unethical and illegal to make pirated software; but, what if Microsoft was to spend at least as many resources on development as they do on anti-piracy technology? We might see a Win OS that was stable! Personally, I like Microsoft for one reason: that I can make money fixing people's computers and teaching them how to use their wonderful Windows.
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Did you hear about the digital picture frames that Costco was selling that contained a virus? They came from China, from the manufacturing plant. It is quite obvious that there is a hacker subculture in China with a very good idea of what American consumers buy.
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