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Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields

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Mike Spencer wrote:

>so I'll just write an "agent" that will find its way into 5000 physicians'  
>computers and report that back to me.
There's a difference between using resources on a remote pc and using the  
data that happens to be stored on it.

Hackers are already using distributed software agents to mine for bitcoins,  
botnets are running software agents - and where blackhats go now, the  
whitehats will follow.

On a pc with proper security and privileges there's no reason not to allow  
arbitrary code to run without risking your data or uptime*. Maybe some day if  
you have a server you can rent out its resources (cpu, disc space) in slack  
times in return for using other's resources at peak times. People with  
thinnish clients will be able to rent from this same pool - even running  
X-clients in it if needed. Some probes in this direction are screensavers  
like Models@Home [1]. Buddybackup [2] already does this with disk space -  
only for backup ATM, but its easy to see how it could be a 'distributed disc  
drive'.

Replacing the current 'clouds' with benevolent botnets that would be immune  
from court orders, natural disasters, corporate lock-in etc would be a big  
win.

* on Windows this is called a 'virus' which tells you something about Windows  
security.


[1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11847079
[2] http://www.buddybackup.com/
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regards
~tdk
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The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-02 11:53 +0000
  Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-06-02 08:27 -0500
    Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-02 15:32 +0000
      Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-06-02 18:31 +0000
      Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-06-03 13:15 +1000
        Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-03 10:26 +0000
          Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-06-03 21:03 +1000
          Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-06-03 20:20 +0000
            Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-04 01:45 +0000
              Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-06-04 17:16 +1000
                Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-04 09:37 +0000
              Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-06-04 20:15 +0000
        Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-06-04 11:06 +0100
      Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-06-05 18:41 +0000
    Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-06-04 07:19 +0200
      Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-04 10:00 +0000
        Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields David Harmon <source@netcom.com> - 2014-06-04 07:54 -0700
        Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-06-04 23:49 -0300
          Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-06-05 05:55 -0500
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