Comments on: Viruses Are Spreading — Is My Chumby Next? http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/virus-patch-messes-up-servers-virus-takes-out-picture-frames-is-my-chumby-next/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:38:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Alistair Croll http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/virus-patch-messes-up-servers-virus-takes-out-picture-frames-is-my-chumby-next/#comment-193751 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:50:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11512#comment-193751 I agree (and would have liked them to be a bit more forthcoming.) But I imagine they get hundreds of wannabe script-kiddies trying to socially engineer their PR people, so they’re probably more trained than most not to divulge anything.

Security through obscurity is daft.

]]> By: Grant http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/virus-patch-messes-up-servers-virus-takes-out-picture-frames-is-my-chumby-next/#comment-193750 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:12:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11512#comment-193750 “Trend also wouldn’t explain what kinds of testing their patches undergo before release (though as a security firm, that’s probably a good thing.)”

Why might that be? To me it sounds like you endorse security through obscurity, and we all know how silly that is.

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