Re: hushmail.com, is this true? (Libraries, The Patriot Act, Forcoing Issues Etc.) (RAL for some)

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 03:31:22 PST, Steve Kudlak said:

> The question I would like is what level of  "paranoia" should we be at? 
> Right now most people still believe enough in the US in the Bill or 
> Rights in the US and other protections elsewhere that no one is getting 
> really bent out of shape and invokes any special protections to avoid 
> danger? The question is should they do so? And if so is there a  "Plug 
> and Play"   PGP or something equaslly as good.  Right now  people seem 
> to want ease of use a lot and ignore much of the protection already 
> available to them.

Most people are sheep.

That's it, plain and simple.  It's why things like the Patriot Act are allowed
to happen, and why up to 80% of all computers are infected with malware.

Yes, they *should* get bent out of shape and all the rest.  No, they won't.

(And yes, it's on-topic - any site security policy that doesn't recognize that
people are sheep and work within those constraints is doomed to fail...)

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