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Why the FBI Director Doesn't Bank Online
angry tapir writes "The head of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation has stopped banking online after nearly falling for a phishing attempt. FBI Director Robert Mueller said he recently came 'just a few clicks away from falling into a classic Internet phishing scam' after receiving an e-mail that appeared to be from his bank."
While I admire his honesty, I must say that someone who is chock full of this much stupid should not be in any position of authority.
This is a prime example of why we need laws to weed out the ignorant.
The article quotes him as saying online banking is "very safe." Well, if it's so safe, why doesn't he use it? Either he is glaringly, abysmally stupid, or he is a fucking hypocrite who is too much of a pussy to call out the banking and computing (read: Microsoft) industries for perpetuating an inherently insecure system. And then you've got companies like PayPal that try to silence people who dare proclaim that the Emperor Has No Clothes.
But forgive me for being but a lowly member of the hoi polloi, for I should simply continue to believe everything that the government and multinational corporations tell me. "Do as I say, not as I do" is not exactly an appropriate framework by which one goes about fixing problems, much less enforce the law. Oh wait...police officers routinely and frivolously violate the very same laws the rest of us are held to. So I guess this is just business as usual.