For What It's Worth

I make a considerable effort to stay current with security issues but haven't the time to do much more than play defense. ActiveX has a bad reputation and has been a thorn in the side of security for a long time. IIRC initially MS pimped ActiveX as if it was as sexy as a Paris Hilton clone. Now, on the rare occasions I fire up IE, there's generally a warning inviting me to allow AcitveX stuff at my own peril. If ActiveX is to blame and enough people get burnt then maybe it'll turn another big batch of people to Firefox. There's something happening here; what it is ain't exactly clear. There's a man with a GNU over there telling me I've got to beware. :)