Theos-Talk Archives (October 1999 Message tt00081)

Rodolfo Don wrote:
> 
> I am not a computer expert either, but it makes sense to me why cable
> modems don't provide security.  Cable was not built to provide
> security.  It was built to provide TV programming to its customers.
> The information that travels through television cable is not
> protected.  Phone lines on the other hand are different.  It is not
> easy to tap on your neighbors' phone conversations unless you are a
> phone repair person, and that is against the law.

	I was referring to the fact that, if you do not make your resources
shareable (and, apparently, many people do), they cannot be shared. Of
course, Microsoft, in its attempt to put the Internet into Windows (so
they could claim that Internet Explorer was "part of the operating
system"), puts insecurities in there, as well. The solution? Linux. 

	Bart Lidofsky

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