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Re: People need to take security more seriously said by N3OGH:Thing is, most users don't know they're host to this garbage. Most of them aren't running firewalls, or virus software. It's obvious that a firewall is a mandatory item in any broadband users bag of tools/toys. Broadband providers should be making firewall usage mandatory at this point. A decent router with a built in firewall is the cheapest investment in computer security a broadband user can make. At this point, most know but don't care... it's cheaper and easier to not care, and every so often ask a friend to help fix it (or make a family member feel obligated).
The *only* way you'll fix this problem is if there are stiff fines for offenses... If your computer is hijacked, it will cost you $100/offense. Until then, nothing will happen, because nobody cares.
Right now there's no real consequences, hence nobody cares. |
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 TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
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4 edits | We believe in Customer Service
AT&T's Abuse Department |
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kudos:36 | said by Transmaster:At AT&T BellSouth we believe in Abuse mitigation and we staff our Abuse department 24/7. Our abuse team numbers in the thousands and our staff of trained cockroaches are waiting to help you. BellSouth is more like it. AT&T has gotten things done fairly quickly (well, much less than 40 days!) in most of our cases...
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TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
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Cheyenne, WY | point taken changed it to Big Telco  |
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You mean they actually have a desk?  |
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TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
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Cheyenne, WY | Well no, this may look like a desk but it really is the apartment for all of the support staff. 
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