Food for thought

[hermit921]

At 01:15 PM 3/3/2004, Mike McMullen wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Julian Field" <mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
>To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 12:49 PM
>Subject: Re: Food for thought
>
>
> > At 20:30 03/03/2004, you wrote:
> > >On 3/3/04 2:20 PM, "Peter Bonivart" wrote:
> > > > I guess the real question is, how is it possible that there still is
> > > > users stupid enough to spread this? :-)
> > >
> > >I read something the other day that was a study of users and how they
> felt;
> > >
> > >A. The Help Desk should be handling this.
> > >
> > >B. They don't have time to make sure it's not a virus and should be
> able to
> > >open mail as they please (refer to A.) Or bother with updates. (Gotta
> EBay!!)
> > >
> > >C. Nothing they can do about it so what's the fuss.
> > >
> > >Many more but those seemed to stand out to me. This was a Novel Study I
> > >think done in the UK.
> >
> > It was done by a marketing company called TNS I believe. The best report on
> > it I have seen is here:
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/35393.html
> > It makes for alarming reading!
> >
> > Believe me, the users really are that stupid. They don't care.
> >
> > Maybe responsible computer use needs to take the same path that Health and
> > Safety has taken. People used to ignore that because they were "too busy"
> > or other such lame excuses. Now they don't have an option, and can be
> > disciplined/sued if they breach H+S legislation.
> >
> > These lame excuses cost real businesses real money, and I think it is up to
> > the businesses to start enforcing their rules, just like they do now with
> > H+S rules and policies. I would certainly back company policies governing
> > computer use, as long as they were enforced.
> > --
>
>What it comes down to is nobody wants to take responsibility for themselves or
>their actions anymore. One reason why courts are full of frivolous lawsuits.
>
>Personally at an emotional level I feel that this whole password protected
>zip viri thing is the equivalent of FedEX delivering a package containing
>bullets and a gun with instructions to place bullet in gun, point barrel to
>head, and pull trigger. Repeat if necessary.
>
>Somehow FedEx would be sued for wrongful death.
>
>Opening up a password protected zip file with the password in the same email
>whether it is a known email address or not is the height of stupidity.
>Especially if the email body is as funky as the ones I've seen for Bagle.
>
>Mike


More like a grenade wrapped in plain brown paper with the pin sticking
out.  You can't see it is a grenade, but you can still pull the
pin.  Grenades tend to have more collateral damage than guns.

hermit921