On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 18:48, Nicholas Lee wrote:
With a targeted postal scam you can only filter at the user level.
One argument might state that is a stupidity tax and that its up to the users to filter,
One thing I've been wondering is why we seem to be more prepared to constrain technical capability via policy, rather than distributing know information to ensure end user education (The Internet being a great vehicle for). I'm kind of surprised that promotion of technical capability is something that apparently (AFAICT) needs to fought for every step of the way. Colour me naive. Why are we insisting on plugging the cracks in a fundamentally leaky dam, rather than educating the population on what to do (or not do) when they see water? At very minimum it is a combination of the two. So far I have only seen evidence on this thread of one approach. The success rate of scams is inversely proportional to the level of awareness. What are the various bodies that are guardians of The Internet in NZ doing on the awareness front? jamie