On 15/06/2010 10:01 a.m., Stephen Russell wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:52 AM, Ed Leafe<ed@leafe.com> wrote:

>

>> On Jun 15, 2010, at 8:36 AM, Stephen Russell wrote:

>>

>>

>>> IT, protecting the world from stooopid hoomans for decades. ;->

>>>

>>

>> As long as those of us who produce the computer systems that are used by everyone else have that attitude, there will be the sort of problems being discussed.

>>

>> Personally, I don't think that non-techies are stupid. If it is difficult for them to use a program I create, it is my fault, not theirs.

>>

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>

> Point I had in mind in automotive terms.

>

> Vehicle is safe, and does well in crash tests. Driver has a license

> and follows basic care of oil changes and tires.

>

> While driving they fail to pay attention to driving and instead pay

> attention to their appearance, their phone, the children in the back

> seat, and watching UTube videos as they drive.

>

> In the IT side the Phishing schemes, eCards, free porn are many

> distractions that computer "drivers" get derailed on.

>

> It has nothing to do with an app, and everything to do with the user's

> lack of attention to reality.

>

i)

Read Ed again, he said "If it is difficult for them to use a program",

that may include un-intentional misuse but he says nothing about

intentional misuse.

In the case at hand of installing/using antivirus apps he has a point,

antivirus apps have no reason whatsoever to be difficult to install,

set-up or use.

ii)

Following your line of reasoning we could justify dictatorships because

in a ship you have an all powerful captain.

In IT phishing, eCards and free porn are not distractions. The first two

have nothing to do with a distraction, they cheat people, not distract them.

As for free porn pages getting into your machine, they could do the same

with religious pages, it's just that religion does not have an

interesting audience (I'm speaking of numbers here, not the subject of

the page).

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