how big is your safe?

[monkeywebdaemon at googlemail.com (Monkey Daemon)]

2009/10/23 Robin Wood <dninja at gmail.com>:
> I've just been been to the local Staples and was in the queue behind a
> guy returning a safe. He said it wouldn't lock and spent a sleepless
> night because people know that he keeps cash at home. The problem was
> that the safe was the size of a lunchbox, if anyone wanted to steel it
> they could have carried it out in one hand.
>
> It shows an unfortunately flawed security mindset, if I put something
> secure in the mix then the whole thing becomes secure.

"...but the safe was behind a firewall..." ;)

> Also, as part of the return process he was asked for his address. He
> gave his house number then said he didn't want to give his full
> address in public so just offered his postcode. For those not in the
> UK, the two give a unique pointer to the house. Again, he thought he
> was being security minded by not giving out his full address but
> failed to realise what he was disclosing.

LOL, FAIL.  I often address post to people with just the number and
the postcode if I CBA to write the entire address.  Works without
issue everytime here ion the UK.

> I suppose the moral, always think of the bigger picture and about what
> you are revealing about yourselves.

Indeed, hence the reason I left Facebook and the other social
networking sites.

MWD