Susan: Neo-Luddism wasn't what I was getting at, of course, but perhaps you're not far off. Seems there is a real and present danger in the use of anything with a router attached to it -- including the supermarket!
"Unauthorized software that was secretly installed on servers in Hannaford Bros. supermarkets across the Northeast and in Florida enabled the massive data breach that compromised up to 4.2 million credit and debit cards, the company said. The Scarborough, Maine-based grocer confirmed a report in The Boston Globe that it told Massachusetts regulators about the link between the breach and the illicit programs, known as "malware." ... The breach has prompted concern in the industry because it appeared to be the first large-scale theft of credit and debit card numbers while the information was in transit." http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-28-malware-supermarket_N.htm Amalyah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Hazan" <sha...@netvision.net.il> To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:39 PM Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Security Lapse Exposes Personal Facebook Photos >> >> >>Any chance these constant headlines about Facebook privacy problems >>are trying to ...tell us something? > > Yes ... that the Internet, social networks, instant messaging systems > and email clients tend to mess things up, let in spam, and Trojan > horses, grant access to files that are not are not rightfully yours > while silo-ing off others for no appropriate reason ... I would > recommend shunning anything that has a modem or router attached to it > or, just to be sure, steer clear away from anything that needs > electricity to turn itself on ... > Susan > >
