Security vs. Convenience
More than 70 percent of computer users choose Convenience entirely.
Too many users click on links in e-mail messages and text messages. DO NOT CLICK ON ANY LINK IN AN E-MAIL MESSAGE NOR IN A TEXT MESSAGE.
As a security guy, years ago, I used to “watch” the sun rise around the globe . . . by observing the morning-time, TURNING ON, of Windows OS machines that were compromised.
Thailand . . . India . . . Egypt . . . Morocco . . . Cayman Islands . . . Samoa . . .
Boy are you right. If you want to be safe you need to make the extra effort and make sacrifices period. You can’t be lazy.
“Too many users click on links in e-mail messages and text messages. DO NOT CLICK ON ANY LINK IN AN E-MAIL MESSAGE NOR IN A TEXT MESSAGE.”
And even just opening that email it’s self can nail you. That is why I never use a local email client. Opening them up on someone else’s remote server is much safer. And even at that never click links unless you absolutely KNOW they are from a trusted source.
“Security vs. Convenience
More than 70 percent of computer users choose Convenience entirely.”
Even worse is the addiction. You could prove that a user is going to get an unwanted anal exam if they go there and they will STILL go there anyhow.
And this is why we have the problems we have. No one can just say no and boycott these sites in mass. If they did it would change.