DSL customers that they determined were not taking necessary precautions
to protect themselves against viruses. Their rationale was that they
were not going to provide bandwidth to somebody who wasn't interested in
taking the time to learn to use it properly.
I liked that.
Michael Dinowitz wrote:
> <>Here's a good start
> 1. What is an URL?
> what does an @ in an url mean
> 2. What is email?
> how does it work and why the sender may not be the real sender
> how to read an email header (optional)
> 3. What are the most common scams on the net?
> 4. How to tell if your browser is set to secure mode (SSL)?
> 5. What does copyright infringment mean?
> 6. How to search with [search engine]?
> 7. how to not trust everything you read on the net.
>
> At this point in the nets existance, scammers should not be making money.
> Spammers should not be making money. Viruses should not be opened from
> email. People should be able to see a scam url for what it is by
> looking at
> it (or the source). They should not be emailing real people when an email
> address is forged. They should not be blaiming legit domains for spam
> coming
> from other places. I can go on and on, but if your on the net today, you
> should know what's going on. Most net users just don't and this is sad.
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