On 06/08/2012 10:35 PM, Waitman Gobble wrote: > Hmm I dunno, ...opinion... this presumes an automated script can get > 'bob's' attention
It's remarkably easy. Look at how many people fall for fraudulent "your computer is infected, clean it for $29.95" pop-up ads. Look at how many people click on links in spam mails promising "free access to porn" (with an unspoken sidebar of "if you'll click this link and visit a web page that will do a drive-by hijacking of your PC"). As Einstein is apocryphally held to have said, "Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity. I'm not so sure about the universe." > and either 'Bob' is dumb as a board or he's so > compelled about the juicy details on 'Alice's' computer that he can't > help but be naughty. "Can't help"? No. But just *want* to watch, to feel that kind of power? Yes. At risk of sounding like I have a liberal-arts degree (which I do, and I can ask "would you like fries with that?" in Pashto to prove it), you might want to read Plato's _Republic_, Book 2, particularly about the Ring of Gyges. Book 2 is largely concerned with the question of whether people are moral because they are innately moral, or whether morality emerges from the fear of being punished. I can't do justice to it in a summary, I'm afraid. In my own life, I've found a lot of wisdom in the phrase "character is who you are when you know you can get away with it." _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
