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Message-ID: <200501261738.j0QHc47H021560@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu)
Subject: hushmail.com, is this true? (Libraries,
The Patriot Act, Forcoing Issues Etc.) (RAL for some)
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 03:31:22 PST, Steve Kudlak said:
> The question I would like is what level of "paranoia" should we be at?
> Right now most people still believe enough in the US in the Bill or
> Rights in the US and other protections elsewhere that no one is getting
> really bent out of shape and invokes any special protections to avoid
> danger? The question is should they do so? And if so is there a "Plug
> and Play" PGP or something equaslly as good. Right now people seem
> to want ease of use a lot and ignore much of the protection already
> available to them.
Most people are sheep.
That's it, plain and simple. It's why things like the Patriot Act are allowed
to happen, and why up to 80% of all computers are infected with malware.
Yes, they *should* get bent out of shape and all the rest. No, they won't.
(And yes, it's on-topic - any site security policy that doesn't recognize that
people are sheep and work within those constraints is doomed to fail...)
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