Winn Writes & Wrants

German authorities today made this grand announcement: “The Internet is full of security holes.”

Where the hell have they been for the last two decades?

Some big announcement from the German government’s Federal Office for Information Security. Crime is on the increase. More viruses, worms and malware.

Have they not had the opportunity to participate in this discussion, offer solutions or otherwise help?

We don’t need more FUD or repetition of the obvious. “Hackers can also exploit security breaches on popular web sites…” is not constructive.

Their own studies support that users are clueless, with no A/V, firewall or other reasonable security practices. Then again, they are all probably using Windows.

I just watched a moving film about a fallen Marine who died in Iraq.

Upon his return to the States, a Marine Colonel volunteered to take him home, to his final resting place. The Colonel never let the casket out of his sight. He saw Chance loaded onto the hearse and then into the cargo area of the airport. He supervised the loading onto the first flight, and then spent the night with the casket in a Minneapolis airport holding facility. The following day he saw that the body was properly loaded on the connecting flight, off of that flight and into the receiving hearse.

The Colonel made sure that every honor and dignity was shown to his fellow Marine, and stood with him until he was finally placed in the ground.

This was the ultimate in respect and security due the most precious asset we can conceive of.

Watching this film is worth every bit of the seventy minutes of your time.