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Rochester, NY | reply to kapil
Re: I Don't Like This said by kapil:
If you are an average home user, and use your broadband connection for surfing, email etc....don't have any ports open/forwarded/mapped on your router and are using NAT, there is virtually no SECURITY risk. The security risk comes from inbound traffic. Stupid-user risk, for example installing bonzi buddy which then tries to phone home every 30 seconds is a different matter entirely. Bonzi buddy is not a security risk....it's a matter of user education.
Ever heard of malware?
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"Security is a tax on the honest." --Bruce Schneier, Beyond Fear, Copernicus, 2003 |
