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Symantec: Religious Sites "Riskier Than Porn For Viruses"
First time accepted submitter kongshem writes "According to Symantec's annual Internet Security Threat Report, religious and ideological websites have far more security threats per infected site than adult/pornographic sites. Why is that? Symantec's theory: 'We hypothesize that this is because pornographic Web site owners already make money from the Internet and, as a result, have a vested interested in keeping their sites malware-free — it's not good for repeat business,'"
There have been many empires in world history that invested in religion.
Those investments are now nice tourist sites.
Go Jebus!
I don't agree. Agnosticism is just weak atheism, and only relevant if you ascribe special importance to some religions and their gods. Otherwise, what's the point of being agnostic about EVERYTHING you can't know whether it exists or not? It's nonsense. "Oh, I'm an agnostic about the invisible pink unicorn (blessed be her holy hooves), and about Kropal the mighty God of Making Holes in Socks, and about Thor and about Klaatu and about Mohammed and about Jesus and about Cats being the avatars of our master race and about ...".
Anyone who can seriously invent a god and then say that the only scientific viewpoint is to be agnostic about it (because you know, who knows, right?), is just hiding behind their mother's skirts.
Belief is the currency of delusion.
The sad part is you aren't far from reality, but the reality is "I have jebus so I don't need to understand anything like technology" which as someone who has worked with religious charities I can tell you that most of the people there have less understanding of even basic tech than your average 6th grader. I hate to say it but that whole thing about religious being "sheep"? kinda accurate. I mean shit I hadn't had to deal with in years, basic info like "Hey don't go around opening attachments from people you don't know" or "Don't just download any old program from some bunch you've never heard of and run it". That is why I don't do those types of charities anymore, instead giving older units to poor families because at least I don't have to treat them like someone who has never seen a PC and can simply give them a few basic rules and not have to worry about the machine getting trashed.
I wouldn't be a bit surprised if those websites were cooked up by somebody's cousin in Dreamweaver just as a favor and handed over to some deacon who knows absolutely nothing about websites other than how to change the content. For some reason religious types and tech? Do NOT go together.
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.