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Lot of people, I myself lot of times, by technical ignorance, don't follow balanced practices, comparing what we do on the computer, with what we do in real lif

by txutxu 13y ago

Lot of people, I myself lot of times, by technical ignorance, don't follow balanced practices, comparing what we do on the computer, with what we do in real life.

cinquemb 13y ago
Agreed, but what I'm saying is that there were no balanced practices to begin with… systems were assumed to be "secure". What people equate to the internet today, was built upon those assumptions. If one were to look back at it and say that the internet killed computer security would be like trying to fit square pegs in round holes… Now if there were something that we all would equate to being the internet that wasn't built upon those assumptions and failed to provide adequate security for the masses… that would be a different problem.
- txutxu 13y ago
  Well I see your point. Internet is just part of the history of computers as other technologies are too. But what I'm referring is more to the evolution of internet (lets say since the arrival of colors, images, js, flash, java, ajax, "social", "cloud", ...) I.E. I don't pay to anybody in my city to save my physical photos, neither I put my photos in the middle of the city so everybody can look at them. But that is what the average internet user has being doing in the last years.
  - cinquemb 13y ago
    But that is what the average internet user has being doing in the last years. Personally, I think that the avg internet user has yet to grapple with the terms of the capabilities of technology that renders some of their "protections" on social constructs obsolete from a technical standpoint. In an economic sense, I would call it informational asymmetry. But more than any point in history (or maybe not if one abstracts enough away), the avg internet user has the capabilities to understand, but for the most part, chooses not to… and how can one insure another's security, when the other chooses not to be actively concerned and mitigate such concerns like some of us do?
    - txutxu 13y ago
      Loving your definition "informational asymmetry". Two words which define perfectly a complex concept. And not liking the technical answers which come to my mind to your question, because they're against the nature and evolution of internet. So upvoted, and thanks for your thoughts.

by txutxu 13y ago

Lot of people, I myself lot of times, by technical ignorance, don't follow balanced practices, comparing what we do on the computer, with what we do in real life.

cinquemb 13y ago

Agreed, but what I'm saying is that there were no balanced practices to begin with… systems were assumed to be "secure". What people equate to the internet today, was built upon those assumptions. If one were to look back at it and say that the internet killed computer security would be like trying to fit square pegs in round holes… Now if there were something that we all would equate to being the internet that wasn't built upon those assumptions and failed to provide adequate security for the masses… that would be a different problem.

txutxu 13y ago
Well I see your point. Internet is just part of the history of computers as other technologies are too. But what I'm referring is more to the evolution of internet (lets say since the arrival of colors, images, js, flash, java, ajax, "social", "cloud", ...) I.E. I don't pay to anybody in my city to save my physical photos, neither I put my photos in the middle of the city so everybody can look at them. But that is what the average internet user has being doing in the last years.
- cinquemb 13y ago
  But that is what the average internet user has being doing in the last years. Personally, I think that the avg internet user has yet to grapple with the terms of the capabilities of technology that renders some of their "protections" on social constructs obsolete from a technical standpoint. In an economic sense, I would call it informational asymmetry. But more than any point in history (or maybe not if one abstracts enough away), the avg internet user has the capabilities to understand, but for the most part, chooses not to… and how can one insure another's security, when the other chooses not to be actively concerned and mitigate such concerns like some of us do?
  - txutxu 13y ago
    Loving your definition "informational asymmetry". Two words which define perfectly a complex concept. And not liking the technical answers which come to my mind to your question, because they're against the nature and evolution of internet. So upvoted, and thanks for your thoughts.