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 heels_fan1.20.09 The start of SocialismPremium
join:2003-02-07
Columbia, TN
kudos:1 | reply to Logan 5
Re: Wise words indeed but is all that necessary?
I mean i have Nat Router, Software firewall, Anti-virus, 2x anti-spyware and I use Firefox for my browsing.
I am not your usual everyday internet surfer either, i go to the bowels of hell concerning the internet. I have never been compromised nor have i have any major spyware (unless you think cookies are spyware)
I think that you can take it to the extreme, and overkill
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 Logan 5Enjoying the CataclysmPremium,MVM
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4 edits | said by heels_fan:
but is all that necessary?
I mean i have Nat Router, Software firewall, Anti-virus, 2x anti-spyware and I use Firefox for my browsing.
I am not your usual everyday internet surfer either, i go to the bowels of hell concerning the internet. I have never been compromised nor have i have any major spyware (unless you think cookies are spyware)
I think that you can take it to the extreme, and overkill
I guess personal choice and the freedom to run whatever apps one wants to mean nothing here, because some think it's TOO MUCH?
I'm real curious to know when a person can have too much security, and who decides how much TOO MUCH really is.... maybe one of you can answer that for me?
EDIT: Example - Would Fort Knox be considered overkill for storing the US Gold Reserves because it has better security because of more checks and balances then having 2 unarmed rent-a-cop's guarding the gold in an unlocked shed? EACH measure works best, depending on the situation does it not?
I do online banking and shopping and even some stock trading and the security of my personal information is important to me for what I do.
Some of you obviously do far less so a lesser layered approach works in those cases....
This should really be about what works best for the people since unfortunately, people need to take personal responsibility for securing their own computers, because as it's been demonstrated by the Software Companies themselves, it's not THEIR problem so no one else will..
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heels_fan1.20.09 The start of SocialismPremium
join:2003-02-07
Columbia, TN
kudos:1 | your right it is up to the individual on how he wants to handle his own security.
I do all my banking online (well 98% of it)
I bought just about all my Christmas this online, and I manage my 401K and several other finicial business I have online.
I am very comfortable about my security and the way my system is set-up.
I am not knocking any bodies line of thinking in the way they have their own security set-up.
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