An operator can't get his computer to do anything without keyboard or mouse
input. If he wishes to open the registry, regit is entered on the run line.
But a downloaded infected executable can open it, meaning that the OS can't
distinguish between local and outside inputs, even though the former is
directly mechanical, the other purely electronic. Surely the distinction can
be harnessed. With executables coming in through an email attachment, why
can't software writers at least displaying an "are you sure...?" warning in\
instead of handing it off to be opened? Further, an operator can't send his
address book to one or a thousand others without key strokes and mouse work.
WHY CAN'T THE OS SEE THE DIFFERENCE?
Command line pipes are long gone, but surely motherboard and OS changes
combined could make a serious dent in hackers' activities by working on the
flow and direction of instructions from wherever. As with any information,
always consider the source.
Why isn't it being done?
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jack belck
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