Re: Cybercrime as destructive as credit crisis

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:05:12 CST, Thomas Raef said:
> > pending crisis in computer security, Darfur, Somali pirates, global
> warming, civil war in the Congo, ...
>
> > Feel free to *try* to go for a week and *not* turn your head at a
> crisis you hear about. Actually care about every single one. Let me know
> how it works >out for you...
>
> Not to make any those issues seem inconsequential, but Somali pirates
> don't affect every business in the world. Yes we need to do something
> about it, but it won't shut down many businesses. Global warming, well
> Al Gore (inventor of the Internet) will tackle that. Civil war in the
> Congo is basically a regional thing.
>
> But computer security is something that affects almost everyone. Don't
> you think it's more difficult to turn your head to issues that directly
> affect you?

What, you don't think that the same political and economic forces that are
part of the root cause of issues in Darfur, Somalia, and the Congo aren't
*also* part of the reason why Nigerian 419 scams are one of the few lucrative
fields in that country?

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