cugino
join:2000-11-27
Brooklyn, NY
| An ounce of vigilance & a pound of paranoia
As unpalatable as it is, and as unjust as it may seem to those who genuinely value privacy and security, it takes a great deal of vigilance to ensure your own privacy & security online.
No, I don't begrudge M$ for some of the glaring holes that exist in IE. Ultimately, it's up to each user to manage his/her own security online, just as it's your responsibility to lock your own doors at night. Fortunately, there are plenty of great tools out there to give us some leverage against of the hordes of scumb@gs, script kiddies, and corporate voyeurs who wish to violate us at every turn.
As long as I have a good firewall, virus scanner, Trojan scanner, ad-ware scanner, the ability to disable scripting & cookies in my browser, and an awareness of all the dangers that are potentially out there, I'll take my chances.
Do the aforementioned make me immune to every danger? Of course not, but they do allow me to have at least a modicum of control over my own security, which is all anyone can ask.
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"90% of the game is half mental" ..Yogi Berra
[text was edited by author 2003-07-26 14:03:19] |
