How to be safe on the net?

[IAN 2411]

How can you protect yourself? Or do we really have to accept the above conclusion, that there is no security or safety online?

Yup. I fully accept that conclusion. As soon as something is posted anywhere on ze interwebz, it's out in the open, pretty much for everyone to see.

I have to agree with lucy on this one, if a boy of 16 can tap into NASA, and a boy of 14 can tap into American Defence, and a school boy in the UK can tap into the Nuclear Submarine base at Fars lane Scotland. Then what chance of the rest of us got? It is basic security to not post damaging information about yourself.

Regards IAN 2411{lillirose}

[Thorne]

I have to agree with lucy on this one, if a boy of 16 can tap into NASA, and a boy of 14 can tap into American Defence, and a school boy in the UK can tap into the Nuclear Submarine base at Fars lane Scotland. Then what chance of the rest of us got? It is basic security to not post damaging information about yourself.

I don't know how they do things in England, but here in the US the security is provided by the lowest bidder! You get what you pay for. And when you consider the added costs companies have to bill to cover the paperwork required by the government, chances are a small company can get better computer security for less money than the government pays.

Still, the idea of keeping yourself secure by using a little common sense and discretion is a good one.