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On Wednesday 04 July 2007 09:42, george wrote: > A lot of negativity here guys. > > How many people on this list still use IE? If you run Windows, IE, etc. > then security is a nightmare. I know that you can never be 100% secure but > you sure as hell can make it difficult for the bad guys when it counts. I > do all my money laundering on-line and I want that as private as possible. > A distro on cd is an awkward way to go but it's better than people getting > into your bank account. And if you're a Windows user then it could be a > godsend. I know lots of people have had this idea before but I'll bet none > of them were Windows only users. I don't run Windows - so I certainly don't use IE. However, if I was forced to use Windows, I would use Firefox or Opera. Each and every Windows user I know gets a quick explanation of the problems from me and a copy of Firefox installed if they wish. A live CD is a good option if you can get access that way - but remember, many wireless connections, especially those with half decent security, such as wpa, have problems setting the passwords. Ubuntu/Kubuntu still does not allow you to set up wpa-psk passwords - it sees the connection as wep rather than wpa and thus fails to allow input of the password correctly. Easily fixed on an installed system, but not on a live one unless you create a modified version yourself. Despite using Linux exclusively for several years, I personally never bank online. I simply do not trust it. Shopping online is another risk area, but at least you can get a card with a low limit and use that - if it does get "hacked", you won't lose too much that way. Maybe I am overcautious, but there are a lot of miscreants out there! Mark -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html