December 10, 2005

Online: Looking at Porn
posted by Argh 18 years ago
  • HOLY CRAP!
  • Ha ha! This is what happens when you hire morons who don't have experience with multi-user OS security.
  • The info presented to other users is actually more innocuous than that - it's more like "listening to music" or "watching a movie" than "now watching: Ski Valley Girls #7." Back in the golden age of internet relay chat, (and right now as well, for all I know) users would actually seek out clients or plugins for their clients that could report exactly this sort of information, in even more detail - "Now playing: Metallica - Until It Sleeps.mp3" etc. It was just a way of reminding everyone how cool one was. I'm also surprised that MS, supposedly working toward improved security and privacy, would make this level of info-exposure the default. But the idea of sharing that kind of info isn't as nuts as it first sounds, either, particularly in the context of a teenager's social network.
  • The only downside to not using Microsoft products is that it tends to make one awfully smug. :-)
  • I've got a smug only a mother could love.
  • "Hello, Little Johnny? This is your mother. I was playing Halo on my new XBOX 360, and I couldn't help but notice that you're watching Back Door Sluts 9..."
  • Ski Valley Girls #7 sounds pretty innocuous in itself, actually.
  • Until you see the "snow blower" scene.
  • No, it's just a little frost on my mustache.
  • You may not impugn Micro$oft's good name as the ultimate in security. Their commitment to personal privacy is legendary! Try to get the kind of protection from your puny Unix-based systems! Ha! Ha! I laugh! *adds to PSP3 savings fund*