It is incredibly easy to underestimate the volumes of stupid people out
there. You'll notice that most govt department website have things like:
Name:
Eg. John Smith
On their contact forms... They don't do that for no reason.
A bit of education (even if it is pathetically light-weight) can't be a bad
thing.
Just my $0.02.
Erin Salmon
Managing Director
Unleash Computers Ltd
Unleash Networks Ltd
Mobile: 021 877 913
Landline: 03 365 1273
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Heath [mailto:sheath(a)paradise.net.nz]
Sent: 30 November 2005 3:39 p.m.
To: Juha Saarinen
Cc: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz
Subject: Re: [nznog] NZ Online Security Day
Quoting Juha Saarinen
Matthew Poole wrote:
Is apparently today. One of my co-workers discovered this when he logged into the WestpacTrust online banking site. Anyone else heard of this? It was obviously very well publicised, seeing as a whole company of geeks hadn't heard of it.
It's a silly stunt that is best ignored. I don't think geeks are interested in downloading Hector the Virus Vect... err, Protector, in order to celebrate Online Security Day.
The Net Nanny, err, Net Safe people did a press release about it 2 days ago. Lots of lead time and all that. Seems they proposed the idea about six months ago but no one cared... http://www.netsafe.org.nz/isgnews/text_generation_release.aspx I think I will just stick to Bonzi Buddy. Steven Heath .nz news & views +64 21 706 067 www.nznews.org.nz "America is the only nation in history which has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization." Georges Clemenceau _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog