To ignore the advice of an expert you are relying on for advice/work to be done is idiocy. I don't consider my users idiots until they give me cause. Ignoring advice of using a compromised computer to buy a widget with a debit card is beyond the pale.
On Thursday, January 27, 2011, Shauna Hensala <she...@msn.com> wrote: > > > > > > I thought it was good - remarkably astute. We all know different things - to > classify someone as an idiot because they don't know the things you know is a > fallacy. Plus the sigh correlation was good for a chuckle! > > > Subject: Re: Intel developing security 'game-changer' > From: dangerw...@gmail.com > Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:31:07 -0500 > To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > > Sensitive as always. :) > > > William J. RobbinsEnterprise Infrastructure OperationsOffice of Information > ManagementDeloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited > On Jan 27, 2011, at 18:25, "Gary Slinger" <gary.slin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What a load of hippy crap. What part of "don't use that system" has to be > explained in kindergarten terms to a user? > > They're not "special", they're "idiots". > From: Steven Peck <sep...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:22:28 -0800To: NT System Admin > Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>ReplyTo: "NT System Admin > Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>Subject: Re: Intel developing > security 'game-changer' > We all have our share of special users. Those are interesting stories. Some > of us have our share of educational victories as well. Those that learn > after getting the right information after only one or two bad experiences. > > For instance, I have this thing in my kitchen that makes things hot (my wife > calls it an oven). If I have a recipe that I follow I can get an > approximation of edible food. Sometimes I get lucky and it's really good, > other times it's merely a lesson in what doesn't work. In the cooking world > I am that 'special user'. Fortunately my wife does not mock me for it, > although I am beginning to suspect a correlation between my attempts to bake > and her loud sighs, I may have to chart the occurrences. > > For our special users (even our general ones), we must remember that people > learn differently and often we must craft our educational message to fit our > users ability to comprehend. Educating people on social engineering is a > rather time consuming task. Lot's to be learned from the advertising fields > in how to present the same overall message in different formats for user > consumption. > > Steven Peck > <http://www.blkmtn.org>http://www.blkmtn.org > > > > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Rankin, James R <kz2...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > I had a home user recently showing all the signs of malware. I told him not > to use his pc till I could look at it. And he went and made a purchase with > his debit card. Against that sort of idiocy, we admins are doomed to fail. > Typed frustratingly slowly on my BlackBerry® wireless device > From: David Lum <david....@nwea.org> > Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:55:37 -0800To: NT System Admin > Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" > <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>Subject: RE: Intel developing security > 'game-changer' > > You mean I’m not supposed to enter my Visa number at a site that will give me > winning lottery numbers on an animated stripper card that includes a free > registry and spyware scan and install AntiVirus 2069? > Who knew? > Dave > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
