2009/10/23 Robin Wood <[email protected]>: > I've just been been to the local Staples and was in the queue behind a > guy returning a safe. He said it wouldn't lock and spent a sleepless > night because people know that he keeps cash at home. The problem was > that the safe was the size of a lunchbox, if anyone wanted to steel it > they could have carried it out in one hand. > > It shows an unfortunately flawed security mindset, if I put something > secure in the mix then the whole thing becomes secure.
"...but the safe was behind a firewall..." ;) > Also, as part of the return process he was asked for his address. He > gave his house number then said he didn't want to give his full > address in public so just offered his postcode. For those not in the > UK, the two give a unique pointer to the house. Again, he thought he > was being security minded by not giving out his full address but > failed to realise what he was disclosing. LOL, FAIL. I often address post to people with just the number and the postcode if I CBA to write the entire address. Works without issue everytime here ion the UK. > I suppose the moral, always think of the bigger picture and about what > you are revealing about yourselves. Indeed, hence the reason I left Facebook and the other social networking sites. MWD _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
