Posted by Timne on July 2, 2009, at 23:29:18
In reply to Re: Your online PRIVACY + SAFETY, posted by Nadezda on July 2, 2009, at 18:53:27
> One thing that might reassure people is that no one is really paying attention to most, if not all, of what goes on, on the web, unless it concerns them personally.
>That's the security dilemma. Most people never get robbed. Most people never get burglarized. So why bother with locking the doors?
The vastness of the Web is reassuring, but it is a false reassurance. Ever herded animals? They try to retreat to the reassurance of the herd, but if you single one out, the herd is no protection. The herd in some cases will abandon the targeted member in an attempt to avoid being similarly targeted. That's how lions catch baby water buffalo. Saw it on the discovery channel. I wasn't too moribund with fear to do anything, but I did adjust my posting habits on line. Now I now better anticipate who is listening and tailor my prose to communicate with various Echelons of that hidden audience. Not because of what I saw on Discovery Channel and not entirely because of what I know about roping calves, but because of what I know about security from real life experience. Believe me, I concern "them" very personally.
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