Insecure vs. Unsecured

re: Insecure vs. Unsecured

Random832 — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:07:15 GMT

"unsafe" has two meanings: "dangerous" and "in danger". It's not clear which you meant - I read your post as meaning the latter, the other commenters above read it as the former.

re: Insecure vs. Unsecured

Larry Osterman [MSFT] — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:24:55 GMT

Larry is so silent because (a) he's really busy and (b) he's not gotten around to finishing a couple of draft posts.

re: Insecure vs. Unsecured

ItsMe — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:56:36 GMT

Why is Larry so silent in the last month? Really busy I suppose...

re: Insecure vs. Unsecured

cheong00 — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:37:40 GMT

I'd also vote for "unsafe", or "potentially unsafe" as used in MSOffice macro containing documents. An application facing less geeky customers should choose an easier to understand word whenever possible.

Also unsafe is not exactly equal dangerous. "Dangerous" carries the sense of "actively harmful", it will bite if you're not careful enough. On the other hand, "unsafe" carries the sense of "passively harmful". It may not harm you even if you take no action and pay no attention to it if no "third factor" enters the situation.

re: Insecure vs. Unsecured

Don Reba — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:48:54 GMT

Besides, "unsafe" sounds needlessly coy. Unsafe = dangerous.