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RE: Just because we live in the wild west, it does not mean we should accept criminal activity as being normal.
Great points of view across the board. We see so much of this the same way.
The whole issue of scammers and hackers are a major roadblock to this industry. Better security is needed for sure, but I think that better education of people entering the market might be even more important. How this happens exactly I'm not sure, but people need reliable information on how to get started.
Sadly the digital world allows for crimes to happen across boarders and makes tracking down these criminals very hard and almost impossible to prosecute.
Exactly! - it this "across borders" that is the problem. For example, I recently read that there is a huge movement of the younger generation to learn hacking skills. Literally millions of teenagers are taking courses and trying out their "hacking skills". I saw one of them on a youtube video were he showed how he hacked into someones Facebook account in the US. He went on to delete the images and posts from this account and changed the password. What shocked me was that this "18" year old kid did not even stop to ask himself if what he was doing was morally right or wrong. in the mean time the poor guy who lost his account was devastated and this hacker kid thought it was funny.
How are we going to deal with countries who seem to have different moral standards to us or believe that it is "OK" to harm someone just because they live in another land. This is why I have come to the conclusion that security is paramount. We can not reply on people to "do the right thing" it seems.
Always good to get your feedback my good friend : )
The hacking is getting out of control with younger kids. They see it as a "no harm" type of activity. It starts out with simple playful stuff that typically is just mean or for fun, but it can quickly turn into something much more serious.
What they don't understand is even the little playful hack is a crime and can ruin their legal options for work down the road if they are caught.
I agree. I have always had reservations about making hacking into a serious crime but after I was hacked I guess I have become somewhat more in favour. It is a difficult issue. O one hand hackers can uncover corruption of governments and banks etc and then on the other hand they can ruin a decent persons life for the sake of it. In some ways I guess the world was more simpler before the web, but the genie is out of the bottle now and we have to deal with it somehow..
BTW, never been hacked but know it sucks. A group of friends of mine all work for a fire department. The records department for their city got hacked and all of the identities of the entire workforce for the city was stolen. They have been trying to clean this up with professional help now for over a year and still aren't done. Each of them has wasted countless hours trying to fix their credit and reclaim their identity.
That is just a terrible story and is sadly a great example of what I am trying to say. Firemen are the good guys, they risk their lives and save lives for the benefit of all of us and then some hacker with no moral value at all does something like that for what? - and yet if that hacker was stuck in a burning building they would surely be grateful for a firemen to save them.
This was a big one as they got 5 years worth of records in one shot covering hundreds of employees. They got in and the city had no clue until it was way to late.
Really starting to think that anyone who has personal information of customers or employees should be required to keep information that isn't required for day to day activities in an air gaped storage. Then this data should only be able to be called up with a human to verify that they are giving it to someone that is allowed to have it.
Yes the costs would increase, but the long term security benefits to your customers would be a big benefit. That benefit would draw certain customers who are willing to pay a premium for their privacy being protected.
Great idea - I have been thinking something similar recently that there needs to be more human contact in security issues. As in th eold days in banks for example, the bank clerks knew customers faces, families etc. Today we are alla number and no one know Jack from Jane. A psychopaths dream
We bank with a smaller local bank and they know me when I walk in. Been with them for 12 years now. A couple years ago they got bought out by a larger small bank and I was worried. But they kept on the same staff so it hasn't changed much except how long it takes them to find my account number for me. Love feeling like an important customer and probably give up some features other larger banks offer....but honestly I wouldn't use those features anyways.
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If you aren't cool with me dropping a link like this just let me know. Try not to do it unless the subject fits the person I'm sharing with.
Will check it out : )
Before everything moved digital life was simpler for sure. Yes some things are easier in the digital world, but much of what we gain by simplicity we give up at least that much in terms of privacy and security.
The next couple decades will be very interesting with advances in tech and improved security to see if they can advance beyond the skill set of a common hacker. It will be a constant back and forth of which one is ahead and hopefully at some point we figure out how to stay ahead of those with malicious intentions.