If you are taking a proactive approach to security, maybe you should always remind the user to be careful with their data. How about 'all desktops have an icon or widget (say at the right hand corner)' that flashes red every five minutes and says 'be careful with the data you share.' This solution removes the overhead of all that pesky monitoring and data mining.
The internet is a dangerous place, and will continue to be. My 'noob' grandmother doesn't need a 1-5 Danger Scale to keep her from being scammed when she buys holiday gifts online. [Grandmother Voice] 'Ohh dear we are at Internet Danger Level: Tangerine, guess I can't order those knit socks for Johnny today.' [End Grandmother Voice] On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:50 AM, rholgstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike C wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 5:27 PM, rholgstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> and how does making a color based on these inputs protect people? > >> > >> > > > > Once all desktops have an icon or widget (say at the right hand > > corner) with the color, and this is consistently seen everywhere, the > > users will start associating with their online security. they will be > > reminded that they have to be careful with the data they share. > > > > This, if implemented correctly will be a boon to security industry, > > where the weakest kinks currently are 'n00b' users. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ >
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