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Dustyn
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join:2003-02-26
Ontario, CAN

Re: His Choice

I can understand how he feels. He just wants to use the internet without worrying about how much time he has to invest in learning about the dangers and threats. Dial-up provides a little better security from hackers.
Not everyone wants to spend every waking moment online seeing if they are up to date on the security front, antivirus, anti-spyware....ect...ect. It can all get too tiresome.
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"You have no idea what I am capable of. People who have tried to cross me, have lived to regret it... ~Michelle Stafford (Phyllis)
permalink · 2005-02-07 19:18:06 · Print · Reply to this

lyls

@tele.dk

Re: His Choice

uhm no that wasnt why :P didnt seem like that at all anyway... you dont think you can get worms and spyware on 56k? =)
permalink · 2005-02-07 19:35:47 · Reply to this

Dustyn
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Ontario, CAN

Re: His Choice

said by lyls:

uhm no that wasnt why :P didnt seem like that at all anyway... you dont think you can get worms and spyware on 56k? =)
Of course you can...
I'm talking more about hackers.
There is LESS chance of being probed on an unsecured dial-up connection than there is on a secured DSL/Cable connection. Why? Because Dial-Up is in a completely different range than that of DSL/Cable. Hackers won't waste time trying to bring down a dial-up connection that doesn't stay connected for long.
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"You have no idea what I am capable of. People who have tried to cross me, have lived to regret it... ~Michelle Stafford (Phyllis)
permalink · 2005-02-07 21:32:44 · Print · Reply to this

johndoe234

@starstream.net

Re: His Choice

Not really. I know plenty of people who got hit by worms like blaster who were using dial up. It may offer a slight security advantage over having a computer directly connected to the Internet over broadband, but it is by no means safer than being behind a router.
permalink · 2005-02-08 22:47:43 · Reply to this
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