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Don't blame the technologyDon't blame the technologyDon't blame the technology 06/23/2004 12:39 PM globetechnology.com Jun 23 2004 5:06PM GMT This is a GrokNews Entry: (what is grok?)Don't blame the technologyGrok Headline matches for Don't blame the technologyBlame DadBlame Dad 08/06/2004 04:30 PM 365 Gay Aug 6 2004 8:27PM GMT blame where blame is dueblame where blame is due 07/06/2004 05:11 PM Last month I wrote about the DRM-encumbered Constitution. Note, this is not really Microsoft's doing -- they just build the bombs, others choose to use them. But a bunch have sent links to free Constitutions. Here's one for the iPod created by the American Constitution Society. Don't Blame It on RIODon't Blame It on RIO 06/09/2004 01:57 PM Despite a correction, this Brazilian company still looks like a winner. Who's to blame?Who's to blame? 07/15/2004 10:40 AM A British inquiry finds that Iraq intelligence was "seriously flawed" and misused -- but Tony Blair comes through smiling. Blame Wireless!Blame Wireless! 12/27/2004 01:32 PM What is it with new technologies where some people are so quick to blame new technologies without ever (not once) coming up with any evidence that there's actually a problem. Last week we had that completely made up story suggesting that peopl e stealing credit card numbers with cameraphones was a big problem, when there was absolutely no evidence anywhere that it had happened. Now, we have one about the horrors of leaving your WiFi unprotected. Just like the cameraphone story, this one includes a single anecdotal story about someone who thinks they had money stolen from them due to an open WiFi network, though it seems unlikely. The woman claims that it must be because of the WiFi, even though the likelihood of her credit card being stolen by WiFi is very unlikely since most sites that take cards are encrypted. It's much more likely that she was a phishing victim or wherever she spent her money had their server hacked. Of course, the reporter accepts her version of the story without asking any questions. Then the article gives an "example" of just how "bad" the situation is. Unfortunately, the example is just some guy walking along somewhere and seeing a bunch of unsecured WiFi access points. That doesn't show how bad the situation is. That just shows that a lot of access points are unsecured. It doesn't show that people are having their credit cards or identities stolen or having their emails read. If users take the right precautions in their usage of WiFi, there's nothing wrong with using an open WiFi network. People should be taught to take the right precautions when using an unsecured network, but it doesn't mean that everyone automatically needs to lock up their network. The Blame GameThe Blame Game 09/11/2004 11:20 AM 9/11: Who do we blame? Ge orge W. Bush? Democrats? Bill Clinton? Ronald Reagan? The FBI? " The government"? Saddam Hussein? God? Maybe it was punishment for years of legal abortion. Maybe if we had destroyed the sodomites [pdf] those 3000 people would still be alive. Maybe. But with all these conflicting reports, will we ever really know who is truly responsible for the 9/11 attacks? Don't Blame eBayDon't Blame eBay 01/28/2004 06:39 PM Plus, AOL pulls down Time Warner, and Amazon's here to stay. IT Blame GamesIT Blame Games 05/27/2004 01:47 PM A while back, we were wondering whether or not a company is negligent if they "allow" themselves to be hacked and lose customer data. Nothing is foolproof, so there will always be security risks -- both in the real world and the IT world. So the question becomes: who's legally responsible? A somewhat informal CIO jury is split on where the blame lies. Obviously, the issue is not that simple and probably needs to be judged on a case-to-case basis. Sometimes the software vendor is to blame, and sometimes the IT department makes a mistake. The matter of compensation for security breaches opens a rather large can of worms, so we might expect some long, drawn-out legal battles the next time a major IT security breach occurs. blame it on the rainblame it on the rain 03/15/2003 04:43 AM yoiks! Hmm, although this kinda dampens the weekend plans, this also means some good snow is in the works in... Don't blame the sales helpDon't blame the sales help 12/18/2003 08:02 AM CNET Dec 18 2003 7:45AM ET Tech to blame?Tech to blame? 05/19/2004 07:16 PM USA Today May 19 2004 11:54PM GMT Blame it on Rio Rancho?Blame it on Rio Rancho? 08/18/2004 06:44 PM USA Today Aug 18 2004 11:23PM GMT Moon not to blameMoon not to blame 05/27/2004 03:23 AM USA Today May 27 2004 6:48AM GMT Parents 'to blame for truancy'Parents 'to blame for truancy' 05/03/2004 06:43 AM Too many families "condone" truancy, a head teachers' union leader has warned. Parents 'to blame for bad pupils'Parents 'to blame for bad pupils' 05/02/2004 10:27 PM Parents are responsible for badly behaved pupils, a headteachers' union leader will argue. Analogic's blame gameAnalogic's blame game 12/23/2003 02:40 AM Boston Globe Dec 23 2003 1:51AM ET Blame India WatchBlame India Watch 03/08/2004 11:17 PM careful documentation of the attemps to use xenophobia to cover for bush's failing economy Another Bush Lie: Blame The USS LincolnAnother Bush Lie: Blame The USS Lincoln 10/29/2003 09:10 AM (via Kos) .. Kos dailykos.com/story/2003/10/28/131955/73 MyDoom: the blame gameMyDoom: the blame game 01/28/2004 12:28 PM Bill Husted reports on ajc.com (the Atlanta Journal-Constitution online), that the MyDoom worm is now thought to be the work of professional spammers rather than simply an attack on The SCO Group by unhappy Linux users as reported by CNN and others yesterday. MyDoom is now seen as the biggest and fastest growing viral infection of Windows computers of all time. Should We Blame Security Victims?Should We Blame Security Victims? 04/28/2004 04:49 AM There is always something of a back and forth on who to blame whenever a big virus goes around. Is it the fault of a company like Microsoft for not creating their software in a way to better protect against such things? Is it the fault of anti-virus software vendors who are always a step behind the latest virus? Or, is it the fault of the end-user who is convinced to click a strange attachment despite thousands upon thousands of warnings not to? Walt Mossberg recently wrote a column calling for techies to stop blaming the victims. Instead, he blames Microsoft and calls on them to create a one-stop shop for protecting end-users from any and all security problems. Now, Tim Mullen has struck back and pointed out that people should stop being victims if they want to use computers and the internet. He points out, first of all, that Mossberg's vision of the perfect security protection system is impossible. Furthermore, he explains that no one is expecting end users to become system administrators, but to just do a few basic things to secure their computers from the most obvious of malicious attacks by installing basic anti-virus and firewall software (though, these days, you also need anti-spam software, anti-spyware software and anti-phishing software to really be complete). Mullen's point, however, is that we expect a basic level of competence to drive a car without hurting themselves, or to cook meat without giving themselves food poisoning. Thus, is it really that much to ask users to secure their own computers? The answer, of course, probably lies somewhere in the middle. Software companies and, increasingly, internet service providers, are going to be expected to do more to stop malicious attacks in their tracks - but end users should be expected to handle basic protection of their own machines. Besides, if we really must blame someone for all these malicious attacks, shouldn't it be those who are actually creating them? Thought for the day:Blame telcos for SME
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