Being watched is one thing and, with the proliferation of security cameras, to be expected now days. It was the first step.
Being watched and identified is another thing entirely. The first step was bad enough, this one strikes me as a step too far - so, yes, I would agree it is dangerous.
To the idiot that modded this "Redundant" you might like to check the time tags for the reference made by someone further up the page - it was posted after mine. sigh.
I really am bemused by the extreme ranges of responses to this story. It seems that there is only either end of the spectrum - "Yay, for Greek Government for protecting our privacy" to "I trust Google more than I trust any government" - and almost no middle ground. Have we really become that fractured and that single-minded about things?
From the article: ...Roman Hüssy, a 21-year-old Swiss information technology expert, who last month witnessed a collection of more than 100,000 hacked Microsoft Windows systems tearing themselves apart...
Hmmm, I might query the qualification "expert" given that:
Our cunning plan is vorkink. Not much longer and you can quit your job in capitalist cotton svab factory and ve vill haf seats at the right hand of fearless leader as he rules the vorld!
Have you ever used IE 5 or 6? Your post would clearly indicate that you haven't. You can disable activeX and scripting very easily. Bashing M$ is one thing, bashing in ignorance is something entirely different.
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Being watched is one thing and, with the proliferation of security cameras, to be expected now days. It was the first step.
Being watched and identified is another thing entirely. The first step was bad enough, this one strikes me as a step too far - so, yes, I would agree it is dangerous.
Neil
To the idiot that modded this "Redundant" you might like to check the time tags for the reference made by someone further up the page - it was posted after mine. sigh.
In the world of sports, DNF = Did Not Finish. Apt?
Neil
You're a cynic.
Or maybe just a realist.
Neil
I really am bemused by the extreme ranges of responses to this story. It seems that there is only either end of the spectrum - "Yay, for Greek Government for protecting our privacy" to "I trust Google more than I trust any government" - and almost no middle ground. Have we really become that fractured and that single-minded about things?
Neil
From the article: ...Roman Hüssy, a 21-year-old Swiss information technology expert, who last month witnessed a collection of more than 100,000 hacked Microsoft Windows systems tearing themselves apart...
Hmmm, I might query the qualification "expert" given that:
Neil
My eyes glazed over trying to read that, but I'm pretty sure it was very interesting...
Wot mjwx sed. Neil
CSIRO is funded by the Australian taxpayer and is fully entitled to recover money made by others from their patented discoveries. Neil
Dearest Natasha,
Our cunning plan is vorkink. Not much longer and you can quit your job in capitalist cotton svab factory and ve vill haf seats at the right hand of fearless leader as he rules the vorld!
love,
Boris
Have you ever used IE 5 or 6? Your post would clearly indicate that you haven't. You can disable activeX and scripting very easily. Bashing M$ is one thing, bashing in ignorance is something entirely different.