Garrett Hyde wrote: > When I was in elementary school, my family had a pass phrase for when > someone other than or parents unexpectedly picked us up. That way we > knew they weren't trying to kidnap us. I never thought about > applying this digitally.
I think for family members it makes sense to do this, and consider all the forms of communication. Doesn't hurt also to warn grandparents to always defer to the parents for things like bail money! Basically establish channels. Interesting things to think about. These things are difficult issues because social engineer is so pernicious and requires a lot of caution, something that the social engineer is trying to get you to throw out by making you think it's an emergency. -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
