On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 08:47:47 -0500, Wendell Lovewell wrote: > >(I had to revert to Firefox release 51 and switched to "Never check for >updates" because they dropped NPAPI support and a some of the web sites I need >stopped working. I still find myself being forced to use Edge or Chrome now >and then.) > It's the opioids of the Internet. Things users find attractive, oblivious to their dangers.
This has been attributed, in part, to Windows' expansion from an environment of secure office LANs where users were mutually trustworthy and valued the facility of opening arbitrary attachments with a single click, or with no click, to the perilous wilderness of the Internet. And suppliers consider the potential user base of those prudent enough to avoid the risks expendable; outweighed by the potential of those who prefer to live dangerously. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
