> I haven't seen a more blatant exposure/confirmation of the deep-seated authoritarian control-freak mindset that has permeated the whole computing industry.
Can I use this as a testimonial? Chill... at least if you want me to discuss this further.
> Yes, back then it was common and expected that users were responsible for their own decisions.
You do not chose and decide to be victim of a scam. At least I presume the "if you wouldn't have downloaded hacker stuff from weird websites you wouldn't have caught malware" was as wrong back then as it is now and is just shifting the blame to the user.
Can I use this as a testimonial? Chill... at least if you want me to discuss this further.
> Yes, back then it was common and expected that users were responsible for their own decisions.
You do not chose and decide to be victim of a scam. At least I presume the "if you wouldn't have downloaded hacker stuff from weird websites you wouldn't have caught malware" was as wrong back then as it is now and is just shifting the blame to the user.