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Listed below are comments made by masirah between Monday, 1st December 2008 and Wednesday, 17th December 2008.

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Phorm: Opt-in or opt-out? 11:42pm on 17 Dec 2008 Why is it that anything to do with the internet means ISPs and others think they have the right to monitor what you do, where you go and what interests you?
Why do they think that all this C..P that they produce and send out is wanted or welcome for users?
Why is it that what should be a pleasurable experience is hi-jacked by advertisers, emailers, spam, spyware, et al?
I use my computer for the pleasure it gives me, to give me another outlet to the world, to learn, to follow news stories, to read opinions,
to communicate and so on.
Throw advertising rubbish at me that I do not want to see, interrrupt me in what I am doing, and spoil my experince and I will return to the quill, carrier pigeon, old fashioned mail and buy in the shops instead of via the internet.
Is it safe to Explore? 10:24pm on 16 Dec 2008 I am given to wonder about the so called computer savvy types out there who happily use the machine to do their banking on!
The less data about yourself that you have stored on your computer and on that of other sites the safer you are.
Remember the famous hacking of credit card accounts of a famous high street store?
Who says it will not happen to a bank?
If you are really savvy you do not even use your name or part of your name in your email address, and use at least 8 character passwords of random construction.
But no, cannot remember them so Uncle Fred operates on all!
Password generating and log in programmes do the job at a click, no typing no key loggers!

Most computer users who get caught out with scams and spam have only themselves to blame.
Is it safe to Explore? 2:49pm on 16 Dec 2008 Have not used IE or Outlook for years.
Only ever use IE if a site will just not operate on other browsers, and there are a surprising number that will not.
Too often someone finds a disasterous backdoor in either IE or Outlook. With perhaps90% of the world, not to mention ISPs using them it pays hands down for hackers and the likes to concentrate on both to exploit the weaknesses to advantage.
Why spend time finding problems in other browsers when the harvest is not likely to be so great.
So dear reader, if you have not changed, do so, Firefox, Opera and counless others now available to try.
And more bells on them to ring, as well as the ability to customise and select themes and colours.
Oft-asked question 3:20pm on 01 Dec 2008 Yes....remember the 1930s when Churchill was getting leaks on the aims and strength of Nazi Germany. All held under cover by the government of the time.
He got the information, may have groomed his informant, BUT he was able to put it to good use to presurise his own party to wake up.
He got ostracised for his efforts but eventually was proven right.
History repeating itself? Facts that a government would rather conceal? Trying to apply pressure to stop it?

Something here is definitely not Kosher

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