On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Ed Leafe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jun 15, 2010, at 9:01 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > >> Point I had in mind in automotive terms. >> >> Vehicle is safe, and does well in crash tests. Driver has a license >> and follows basic care of oil changes and tires. >> >> While driving they fail to pay attention to driving and instead pay >> attention to their appearance, their phone, the children in the back >> seat, and watching UTube videos as they drive. >> >> In the IT side the Phishing schemes, eCards, free porn are many >> distractions that computer "drivers" get derailed on. >> >> It has nothing to do with an app, and everything to do with the user's >> lack of attention to reality. > > BS. Phishing schemes are a perfect example. They look *exactly* like > what a user is expecting; they are not stupid for recognizing something > familiar. If you want to stick with the automotive comparison, it would be > similar to having someone change the exit signs along the highway, and then > calling a person stupid because they followed the wrongly-labeled exit. --------------------
Stooopid as in the IRS sending you an email with an attachment and a link. I am standing by common sense is lost when people get in front of a display. They drive and text. They act on facebook messages or tweets that point to porn or other crap. We know to check snopes before we resend wonderful stories. We also know to put the mouse over a link to read the TRUE url and not the advertised one. Don't we. I would guess that that fact is lost on the billions out there. Last thing, we know that we didn't win a lottery we never entered, our family never mentioned that rich dude in Africa who wants to give us millions of $$$$. YMMV -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer CIMSgts 901.246-0159 cell _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
