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Originally Posted by roadrunner69
Agreed. But we have to remember that most people have a very basic understanding of the internet and how it works.
While most peeps on here understand the technical issues, they are already aware of the threat to their privacy and are doing something about it.
Its the other 95% of the people that we need to wake up and show them whats happening to their privacy and get them writing to their MP, ISP, signing the petition etc.
My experience is that most people just switch off unless you keep it simple where computers/internet are concerned.
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I've lost count of the number of people who I've visited and found their broadband connection totally unprotected. Both personally and professionally. Words like "firewall" mean nothing to them. They recognise words like "protection" and are therefore fooled by anything which claims to offer "protection", et al.
Consequently when they hear "What? What? WHAT?" coming from my general direction, ask what the problem is and I say "Where's your firewall/anti-virus" I get blank looks. Techie explanations won't work. Simple analogies and how it affects them get far better results. Hence the post analogy. It's simple and can be understood.
If people are genuinely interested in learning the more technical aspects then that's cool and is something they do with their IT department.
OK, not everyone's as cynical, jaundiced, bitter [continue with pejoratives if you like] as I am but I've got to say a whole lot of home users won't understand terms like data mining and interception.
So any effort to simplify things with analogies will help to counter the spin such as "improve your online experience".
"Time for bed" said Zebedee.