I have some difficulty with the idea that simply using anti-virus
programs and having a firewall, is enough to keep your computer secure.

In my opinion, it is not. I don't believe anti-virus programs do all
they say that they do.

And firewalls can be beaten. Really easily. All it takes is one program
to get to the net and run a proxy and the firewall is useless.

Security is difficult. Anyone who thinks otherwise, is not seeing the
whole thing.

And I submit, it is impossible for anyone, no matter how well informed,
to know everything on the subject.

That's why I spoke out against the use of the word "stupid". People get
fooled, people make mistakes. Happens all the time.

I think we need to accept that and move forward to a position of helping
people. Illuminating the subject - give a man a fish, ...,teach a man to
fish, ...

It would perhaps be useful to have somewhere where people could
contribute tips and tricks to help others? A page on the wiki perhaps?

Richard

The United States I believe ....it could be a possible DMCA violation.

Remember, the rule seems to be that anything that allows you to access
any form of protected content by reverse engineering etc. is illegal.

As for just going into a store and purchasing..at least in Trinidad
90% of the products are not available locally in stores, especially
for the PC.
As well, the majority of Online Digital Distribution sites prevent
Trinidad and Tobago citizens from purchasing.

It would seem that these companies do not want our money?

2009/11/10 Roger Williams <rogerdottin@...>
>
> Downloading cracks is illegal?
> In what countries?

Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device available from bmobile.

Hear hear

Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: ttcs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ttcs@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Richard Hamel-Smith
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:28 AM
To: ttcs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [ttcs] AP IMPACT: Framed for Child Porn _ by a PC Virus - ABC
News

There is a disturbing tendency on this list and I am probably just as
guilty as anyone, to label users 'stupid'.

Let us all try to agree that the technology is complex.

As I get older, it gets harder and harder to keep up, and this is all
I do every day. Far less for the hapless user who does not do this for
a living.

The user assumes that everything is OK. Everything s/he sees, is
designed to make her/him believe that. People do not put notices up
saying the internet is unsafe.

Even smart people get caught. Advertising is a powerful thing. Read
about this guy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays, who made a
science out of convincing people.

Let's have some compassion for those who simply don't get it.

Richard


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Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device available from bmobile.

There is a disturbing tendency on this list and I am probably just as
guilty as anyone, to label users 'stupid'.

Let us all try to agree that the technology is complex.

As I get older, it gets harder and harder to keep up, and this is all
I do every day. Far less for the hapless user who does not do this for
a living.

The user assumes that everything is OK. Everything s/he sees, is
designed to make her/him believe that. People do not put notices up
saying the internet is unsafe.

Even smart people get caught. Advertising is a powerful thing. Read
about this guy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays, who made a
science out of convincing people.

Let's have some compassion for those who simply don't get it.

Richard

I'll let the topic drop, so that it doesn't build to a flame war, but
just know that there is now a new threat that Windows viruses can
bring into your life, and possibly ruin your *life*, not just your data.

/mike

http://www.macheist.com/

The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will
be having a pizza lime on Wednesday November 11th,
2009 from from 7 to 9 pm at Pizza Hut, Valsayn.

Come join us as we eat and chat about various
technology related topics including:

- Windows 7: Your impressions so far
- TSTT's entry into the TV and Security markets
- TTCS plans for 2010

Contribution of $30 towards food bill is expected.
See you there!

The sites don't necessarily have to be providing 'evidence' - but are
now often used as part of an investigation. If you tell your breds that
you 'put dong a wuk' and your 'breds' starts to to talk your 'bidness'
on his Facebook it creates leads....basic policing.

- peter wimbourne

V. Khanai wrote:
>
>
> How admissible is it for evidence though? Can a post on someone's wall
> or a status (or a "bad" poke!) be labeled as a treat or something like
> that? Seems people would gossip on these site about factual stuff, but
> rumors also develop along with like hearsay. How "official" can posts
> on these networks be?
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> To: ttcs@yahoogroups.com
> From: RichardJ@...
> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:45:03 -0400
> Subject: RE: [ttcs] Officers are using social networking sites as
> means of investigation...
>
>
>
> Already happens here.
>
>
> -rij
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* ttcs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ttcs@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf
> Of *V. Khanai
> *Sent:* Monday, November 09, 2009 8:26 AM
> *To:* ttcs@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [ttcs] Officers are using social networking sites as means
> of investigation...
>
> Officers are using social networking sites as means of investigation...
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/8349964.stm
>
> Police revealed over the weekend that they were planning to examine
> social networking sites on the internet as part of investigations into
> Ms Fox's death.
>
> It followed speculation about identities of the culprits being posted
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""As the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is known for
a very rigid course combating counterfeiting and piracy in
general, it comes as a surprise that during a meeting of the WIPO
Advisory Committee on Enforcement, several presenters have shown
nuanced
views on the [0]economics of enforcing intellectual property rights.

Combating clothing piracy might not be beneficial for the welfare of a
developing country. Most surprising is the [1]presentation of WIPO
Chief
Economist (PDF) [2]Carsten Fink, which says that illegal copies of
software may actually be beneficial even for consumers of the original
goods.

Also the piracy of audio-visual goods creates not only losses but also
benefits for e.g. hardware manufacturers."

Someone obviously wasn't paid off and taught the company line yet.
It would be interesting to note if any of these presenters ever appear
again in the future ;-).

http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/enforcement/en/wipo_ace_5/wipo_ace_5_6.pdf
http://keionline.org/node/681
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2009/sym_ip_auth/bios/c_fink.html

ICANN’s 36th international public meeting was the last of three held
annually to conduct policy development and outreach....
There were 1,207 attendees to the conference from 111 different
countries. The participants engaged in a wide range of discussions
about the Internet’s domain name system and related issues.
...
Several key issues and themes evolved over the course of the meeting.

Read rest of article at
http://sel.icann.org/briefing-note

FYI, Photos of At-Large at ICANN Seoul Meeting
http://www.flickr.com/photos/at-large/sets/72157622614023791/

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