Keith writes:
Microsoft chose the security settings in
such a way that low security was too low,
and anything higher was too cumbersome to
use, because they didn't want people to turn
off proprietary features like ActiveX that
they believed would give them a competitive
advantage.
No. Security is set as low as it is because users can't stand anything higher.
Why do you think people put their passwords on Post-It notes next to their
monitors?
You conjecture sounds a bit paranoid to me. People who work at Microsoft are
just like everyone else; they do not meet in caves around an altar at the stroke
of midnight to plot world domination, no matter what rumors you've heard around
campus.