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 <juha(a)saarinen.org>:
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