Tuesday, February 03, 2004

Virus and power
Posted here Tuesday, February 03, 2004 at 10:35:37 AM    

The compariosn between human and computer virus. And the pressure for security. Look at the solution..

One route is to hire Web hosting firms specializing in defending against such attacks. If all else fails, companies have little option but to pull the site from the Web.

But with viruses increasingly well-hidden, Hypponen said the responsibility for protection ultimately will come down to technology firms because people have proven they cannot resist clicking on mysterious attachments.

"I've lost my faith in education. It never helps, people will never learn... They will click on everything," he said.

"We really have to take security to a higher level, and take the responsibility away from the users... (People) have to be automatically secured by someone else," he said.

The drive for security and the loss of hope in life seem to go together. The demogogues will use the security problem as an opportunity to seize the systems: democractic or technical.

 


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