F.B.I.’s Urgent Request: Reboot Your Router to Stop Russia-Linked Malware

[Mart]

Dear newtusmaximus

I did not intend to be glib in my reply to your posting. I know that you and many others in the community will have legitimate concerns regarding the very important subject of online security.

But given all that is happening politically in America at the moment the question could also be asked why reference an article on the important subject of security tendered by this particular news organization and using these particular sources.

After all, I’m sure there’s an article somewhere in Russia (Russia is no longer a communist country, by the way) telling people to throw away their black box Windows computers because the NSA key contained within them has for years allowed the US government to illegally spy on millions of people all around the world.

Remember, virtue is a relative value.

I would certainly welcome any open source article by any neutral and unbiased security experts that would be able to substantiate the claims and opinions expressed in The New York Times article.

I hope you accept my reply in the spirit of constructiveness and goodwill with which it is intended.

As Larry King, the talk show host, says -

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Best wishes

Mart