-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 03/19/15 10:38, LeRoy wrote: > People do not realize that the minute they use their cell phone > they are transmitting a radio signal that can be picked up by a > scanner.
Just noting that some of us are acutely aware of issues like this. :) (On the other hand, some of us take it to the point of raging paranoia. "Yahoo is creating a service to use a smartphone as a token device in order to eliminate passwords." "*YAAAARRRRGGGGH*, it's all part of a plot to spy on us, we are *so* fucked!" "Microsoft is putting a biometric-authentication capability in Windows 10 using faces, fingerprints or iris recognition, to eliminate regular passwords." "*YAAAARRRRGGGGH*, it's all part of a plot to spy on us, we are *so* fucked!") > As stated above most people do not want to take the time or the > effort to learn about encryption or even encrypting your hard drive > on your laptop. That makes it too hard to boot for them. When > their computer is hacked, lost, or stolen and their password data > to all their credit cards and suppliers is loosed then they worry. Not to mention thinking carefully about what sensitive data they store on mobile/portable devices in the first place. > It was good practice in the military to answer the phone with the > phrase, "This line is not secure." > > Both my sisters consider me a paranoid old man, but I tend to take > my personal security seriously. Indeed. And so do I. Though I try not to throw the baby out with the bath-water as exemplified above. - -- Phil Stracchino Babylon Communications [email protected] [email protected] Landline: 603.293.8485 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEAREIAAYFAlUK9YAACgkQ0DfOju+hMkmqYQCeNb/iLORADXCmu8AvWjglsFlV vqMAnRpAaQuonEMHQ5kTBmErvLTgcfi+ =U87g -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ enigmail-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net
