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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6632425" data-attributes="member: 8835">I realize you're joking on the last part, but I think you are mis-interpretting what hyper-vigilant vs. reasonable precautions mean.Schools are just now starting to teach kids about online safety (not a long lecture) that pretty much covers what I posted here.&nbsp; It ain't hyper-vigilant, it's basic info security.&nbsp; One of my many hats at work is Privacy Officer.&nbsp; I am keenly aware of all the security crap we have to adopt and how retarded our users are in their understanding of the legal and security risks. They complain about strong password enforcement, site blocking, PDF and Zip attachment blocking, yet without them, every week we faced a new virus walking in that Symantec failed to detect in their email or that they'd install off some web page.Me warning you that &quot;hey, watch where you go and what you post&quot; is mild and actually pretty good advice.&nbsp; It may come off as strongly worded, but that's because I care, and as I work in IT I am quite a bit more immersed in security concerns than normal people.The hyper-vigilant are the ones who don't do online banking because they don't trust the security because they know somebody who worked in a bank's IT who said so it was poor.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 6632425, member: 8835"] I realize you're joking on the last part, but I think you are mis-interpretting what hyper-vigilant vs. reasonable precautions mean. Schools are just now starting to teach kids about online safety (not a long lecture) that pretty much covers what I posted here. It ain't hyper-vigilant, it's basic info security. One of my many hats at work is Privacy Officer. I am keenly aware of all the security crap we have to adopt and how retarded our users are in their understanding of the legal and security risks. They complain about strong password enforcement, site blocking, PDF and Zip attachment blocking, yet without them, every week we faced a new virus walking in that Symantec failed to detect in their email or that they'd install off some web page. Me warning you that "hey, watch where you go and what you post" is mild and actually pretty good advice. It may come off as strongly worded, but that's because I care, and as I work in IT I am quite a bit more immersed in security concerns than normal people. The hyper-vigilant are the ones who don't do online banking because they don't trust the security because they know somebody who worked in a bank's IT who said so it was poor. [/QUOTE]

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