Wednesday, August 11, 2010

En guarde...

Do you trust your computer to keep your secrets? Your diary and your recipes are one thing, but your bank account numbers (and passwords) are another. So what if you lose a cake recipe, but what happens if your bank account is accessed without your knowledge? At least, some people are starting to realize their potential for loss and the potential downside of blindly trusting their computers:
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Even though they've noticed, it's not clear that they're prepared to do anything about it. There is no real change in attitude. First of all, they could look for a safer platform to use that would help to minimize the threat. It's as if Ralph Nader were to write an expose calling Windows the Corvair of software, "unsafe at any speed," but his warning goes unheeded because, hey, I like that car...

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