Michael Gracie

Spamroll says you better learn how to help yourself.

A recent survey of British netizens found that 57% have no spam filtering installed. Roughly 60% thought viruses and spam were the ISP’s problem, and less than 1 in 5 thought they were responsible for any necessary action at all.

Next up in the headlines - “UK drivers hold auto manufacturers responsible for the theft of their unlocked cars”. I expect a lot more stories of successful phishing attempts, and massive net outages resulting from worm plagues, coming out out that place.

If you have to read the sad story, you can find it here, compliments of The Register.

I read a post from Slashdot about Apple OS X, and thought about all the folks who just don’t get computer security, and never will. It will be a constant battle to keep their machines virus free. The problem is, security is not so hard to get.
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