NZ Online Security Day
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. -- Matthew Poole "Don't use force. Get a bigger hammer."
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. -- Juha
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
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
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Erin Salmon - Unleash Computers Ltd -
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Steven Heath