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How Paranoid Are You ?
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<blockquote data-quote="509322" data-source="post: 769090"><p>There's a difference between doing security based upon smarts versus one based upon fear.</p><p></p><p>When it comes down to it, the only way you can assess, for sure, whether a person is doing stuff based upon fear or as a rational response is to observe them over an extended period of time.</p><p></p><p>Based upon my years of observation of online posts and what people do, most people approach security almost wholly upon their emotions... their fear.</p><p></p><p>"There are threats so I carry a big stick" is all fear.</p><p></p><p>"There are 1000 ways I can be attacked, so I need to make a top priority to implement layered security that prevents all 1000 ways" is absolutely paranoid behavior.</p><p></p><p>"AV XYZ only got 95 % score in latest AV-Lab test so I won't use it, but I will still keep using Windows" is just plain ignorance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="509322, post: 769090"] There's a difference between doing security based upon smarts versus one based upon fear. When it comes down to it, the only way you can assess, for sure, whether a person is doing stuff based upon fear or as a rational response is to observe them over an extended period of time. Based upon my years of observation of online posts and what people do, most people approach security almost wholly upon their emotions... their fear. "There are threats so I carry a big stick" is all fear. "There are 1000 ways I can be attacked, so I need to make a top priority to implement layered security that prevents all 1000 ways" is absolutely paranoid behavior. "AV XYZ only got 95 % score in latest AV-Lab test so I won't use it, but I will still keep using Windows" is just plain ignorance. [/QUOTE]
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