And yes that is a great analogy. You see someone was saying that the new feature is a waste of time and gives a false since of security. But it depends on how u look at it.
In your analogy the user was with some1 with syplis, well guess what, now the user has it too. So it doesn’t matter where he goes or what he does, the user’s pc is still compromised regardless if they know what sites were “fixed” or what not.
So SE knows it’s a keylogger, and since no one can figure out how to remove the code/program/etc, they are doing the most logical thing, allowing users to use an on screen keyboard, where a keylogger can’t get the password.
Now since they think they “know” how it all began with Real player, flash, w/ever, they figure the computer might be safe from “NEW” programs using the same method they used to infect with the “Old” Program.
Now as from them websites provided about known issues etc., there was always at least 2-4 weeks where the “ability to be compromised” is unknown. Just cause they find it after it’s been out in the public for a month, and took them a month to make patch, doesn’t mean the patch is going to fix what the computer might have infected with. The damage has been done. It takes time for them to know something’s wrong, then it’s going to take time for them to fix it. All that time, unless it’s emailed or televised, no one is going to know something’s wrong, until its way too late. So, is it still the User’s fault he was hacked? Even when ppl didn’t know, at the time even Real Player didn’t know, what the problem was?
Now the above statement is an analogy for the most part, but it can and will happen. How long with that version of Real Player out before ppl started to figure out something was wrong. Even SE didn’t believe the users when they started reporting something was wrong.
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Hmmm... let's just all agree it's Bill Gats's Fault and be done with it lol.
