[LINK] Vista analogue security hole

[Rick Welykochy]

Jan Whitaker wrote:

> 
> This link includes a response from MS and a brief explanation of a 
> potential risk associated with the speech recognition capabilities in 
> Vista.
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=418

Ya gotta luagh.

" Microsoft recommends customers take the following action to protect
  themselves from potential exploitation of the reported vulnerability:

     * A user can turn off their computer speakers and/or microphone.
     * If a user does run an audio file that attempts to execute commands
       on their system, they should close the Windows Media Player, turn
       off speech recognition and restart their computer."

Not only does Vista *not* play CDs properly (from the Vista vs Linux
article), now the users are being told to turn off their speakers.

I wonder why turning off *speakers* limits the damage caused by speech
recognition. Clue stick, anyone?

LOL ... interesting that MS hasn't fix one basic problem with Winders: the
system still must be rebooted whenever a change is made. Ya gotta laugh.
Otherwise you'd cry.

cheers
rickw


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