"Jay T. Blocksom" <usenet01+SPAMBLOCK@appropriate-tech.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 22:25:33 +0100, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, Roy
> <z.5.RoyDent@spamgourmet.com> wrote:
> >
> [snip]
> >
> > I've always understood that by enabling Activex on a page you were
> > effectively allowing any code to be run remotely on your PC, so why are
> > you surprised?
> >
> [snip]
>
> Well, not exactly "any code"; but you've got the basic concept right.
>
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> Jay T. Blocksom
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> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> -- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.
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