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Originally Posted by Jessica Lares
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All security is marketing. Nothing is secure. Really.
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Use some common sense and it'll never be a problem. |
I don't think that is true, or fair. Firstly, there is no common sense in this matter. Net-connected PCs are commodity appliances now, for real, and it takes education or experience to know what the risks are.
Secondly, the attack vectors have become very sneaky and convincing, and I cannot fault non-techies or newbies who just want to see their family's Facebook pages or play on-line poker or whatever from falling for some of them. And they do. I sometimes feel like sanitizing acquaintance's PCs is my second career.
Thirdly, while Symantec and McAfee are still, I think, bloated performance-killing hogs, there are other lighter, effective choices, that really do help prevent many of the comment threats.
Also, non-pc devices like Chromebooks are more secure options for a certain segment.
I think security is sort of like "Animal Farm's" equality. Maybe no system is really secure*, but some systems are certainly more secure than others.
ApK
*Kossowsky's Law of Network Security: "If there is a legal way in, then there is an illegal way in."