Re: Project Chroma: A color code for the state ofcyber security

["Mike C" <mike.cartall () gmail com>]

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Chris Jeane <rysheve () gmail com> wrote:
> If you are taking a proactive approach to security, maybe you should always
> remind the user to be careful with their data.
> How about 'all desktops have an icon or widget (say at the right hand
> corner)' that flashes red every five minutes and says 'be careful with the
> data you share.' This solution removes the overhead of all that pesky
> monitoring and data mining.

This would be far more obtrusive than required. Not what would be the
most effective.

> The internet is a dangerous place, and will continue to be. My 'noob'
> grandmother doesn't need a 1-5 Danger Scale to keep her from being scammed
> when she buys holiday gifts online. [Grandmother Voice] 'Ohh dear we are at
> Internet Danger Level: Tangerine, guess I can't order those knit socks for
> Johnny today.' [End Grandmother Voice]

I hope you would thing a little bigger than that.  Unfortunately, that
is too much to hope for?

-- 
MC
Security Researcher
Lead, Project Chroma
http://sites.google.com/site/projectchromaproject/

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