On Dec 25, 2009, at 04:47 , Mark Roberts wrote:
Cotty wrote:
On 24/12/09, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
HTML is always a potential privacy threat due to web bugs
(individualized tracking images - usually invisible). Add
JavaScript and
there's potential for other nastiness ranging from concealing the
true
destination of links to much nastier stuff.
You were right Paul, it's a PC thing ;-)
Just in case anyone takes Cotty seriously, all the things I mentioned
above apply to all operating systems.
Than again, maybe he meant "PC" as in "Politically Correct" :)
No, it's something that Windows users spend time thinking about, and
OS-X people do not.
Have not had anything in any message hurt my computers ever.
Back in the days of the floppy disk, I was able to get a few uninvited
worms and like nasties, 15 years ago.
My Macs have never worn any rubbers.
Joseph McAllister
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