On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Chris Jeane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. >
This would be far more obtrusive than required. Not what would be the most effective. > 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] > I hope you would thing a little bigger than that. Unfortunately, that is too much to hope for? -- MC Security Researcher Lead, Project Chroma http://sites.google.com/site/projectchromaproject/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
