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Message-ID: <1100969622.543.11.camel@localhost>
From: frank at knobbe.us (Frank Knobbe)
Subject: [in] Re: IE is just as safe as FireFox

On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 08:20, joe wrote:
> I agree with your initial comment, they can both be changed. I also agree
> they both do little.
> 
> I don't agree that the hardcoding in the source does anything for you. 

Well, it *allows* you to change the ID of the superuser account to
something else. But of course that is obfuscation, and is quickly
discovered (just check what ID owns /bin/* and so on). Nevertheless, you
have the *ability* to change the ID. You can't do that with Windows. 

(Yeah, cheap shot I know... ;)

Cheers,
Frank

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