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Going online without understanding the basics of how the internet works is like getting behind the wheel without knowing the road rules: you might still get where you’re going, but you could be a danger to yourself and those around you.
Using the internet is now a daily activity for most Australians. Yet, the number of people who actually understand the internet’s mechanics is small. Government and schools do work to promote cyber security and cyber safety, but the message is still not getting widespread attention.
Ultimately there is only so much that government or businesses can do to keep us safe online. At a certain point, we need to take personal responsibility and educate ourselves about how to use the internet safely.
http://theconversation.com/we-need-to-take-responsibility-for-our-own-safety-online-38368
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 17 2015, @06:24PM
Talk about blame the victim.
I know how this thing works. I dont blame the victim. They literally do not know better. Many times they do not even know they were a victim.
There are people out there setting out to 'rob' them and they never even know it.
A good example is my dad. He gets some good ol internet drug into his house. Surfing the web. Bit of ebay. Whatever...
The neighbors though decided since his access point was open he was willing to let them torrent 24/7 and max out his connection.
He went from 'my internet is slow' to 'you fixed it'. All I did was secure the router. They had even changed the password on it so someone else could not do it.
Christmas eve and you lost your internet. That is a shame. Christmas is on a friday? Oh cant get anyone out until at least monday. Well sucks to be you.
How can you expect ordinary users to protect themselves when
The defaults for most stuff is wide open. For some reason people think 'wide open' means sure help yourself I dont care. Well they do care but just do not even know any better.