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From: keydet89 at yahoo.com (Harlan Carvey) Subject: Hacking into private files, my credit card purchases, personal correspondence or anything that is mine is trespassing and criminal. > The fact that something is illegal discourages > no-one, the fact that > they may get caught and punushed discourages most. If you drive your Lambhorgini to a city, pull off the side of the road, leave the keys in it and doors open, and someone steals it...don't be surprised. The difference between the real and virtual worlds is perception. Online, where are the witnesses the police can talk to? If you have a weak password on your computer system, and someone guesses it, there just isn't any information that can be used to track the intruder, particularly after you reboot. Most people lock their homes and cars. Yet many people don't do the same thing for their computers...this applies to home, corporate, and gov't users. Home users will do their tax returns online, and leave their computer wide open. Parents will sell their old home computer with pictures of their kids on the hard drive...and the same computer is later purchased by a pedophile (yes, it HAS happened!). People will do online banking from Kinko's, after someone who's seen this has installed keylogging software (yes, this HAS happened!). It's all about perception...a perception that needs to change. Only after that perception changes will we see better, more secure software, etc. ===== ------------------------------------------ Harlan Carvey, CISSP "Windows Forensics and Incident Recovery" http://www.windows-ir.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/windowsir/ "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup." "The simplicity of this game amuses me. Bring me your finest meats and cheeses." ------------------------------------------
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