Not the bad news you thought you were reporting ...

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rmslade () shaw ca>]

"The 2012 Norton Cybercrime Report, released Wednesday, says more than 46 
per cent of Canadians have reported attempts by hackers to try to obtain personal 
data over the past 12 months."

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Cybercrime+costs+Canadians+billion+year/719
1713/story.html

Well, since I see phishing every single day, and malware a few times times per 
week, what this survey is *really* saying is that 54% of Canadians don't know 
what phishing and malware looks like.

(And you others don't need to gloat: apparently the same figure holds globally ...)

Kinda depressing ...

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underwear of Brittany Spears.  If it's even there at all it's
needlessly complex and frilly, looks good without actually
covering much and is far too easy to get around or remove
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