On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Dale E Sterner <sunbeam...@juno.com> wrote:

> Improved tech makes things better; just ask Sony. Broadband use made the
> hacks possible.

Broadband made hacks delivery *faster*.  They were already *possible*.
Viruses were a pestilence back when everything was still DOS and dial
up.

> My dial up is so slow it takes a half hour to download a virus, plenty of
> time to hit stop.

Assuming you know what you're downloading *is* a virus.  But if you
know that, why are you downloading?

But that's a thought: we should all insure security by abjuring
broadband and going back to dial up.

Yeah, right.  Not *possible* where I am.  Verizon is making copper go
away as fast as it can, and for good reason.  I wouldn't do it if it
*were* possible.  Too much of what I do requires broadband.

> DS
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