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Re: [LUG] Safety Check

 

On Mon, 16 Nov 2015 11:05:27 +0000
Simon Avery <digdilem@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> What is outright dangerous is the seeming requirement to reduce
> personal security for everyone to monitor the few. This is great news
> for criminals with such amazing data stores potentially available at
> every ISP.
> 
> One wonders if the snooper's charter will require https/ssl security
> to allow gchq to access these files, or submit them, or whatever?

I read recently that the only secure computer is one that is 

a) Not connected to the internet
b) Switched off and
c) Buried six feet under.

Otherwise, 100% security?  Forget it.

Neil


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