Comments on: Translation: “Aussie schoolchildren need a license to use the Internet” http://Vmyths.com/2009/09/01/license/ Truth about computer security hysteria Thu, 03 Feb 2011 05:36:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Boventer http://Vmyths.com/2009/09/01/license/comment-page-1/#comment-495 David Boventer Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:07:28 +0000 http://Vmyths.com/?p=881#comment-495 There is a worldwide tendency to restrict Internet and the access to it. Partly out of political reasons (free exchange of opinions etc.), partly because many moneymongers see a chance here to reap easy cash. There is a worldwide tendency to restrict Internet and the access to it. Partly out of political reasons (free exchange of opinions etc.), partly because many moneymongers see a chance here to reap easy cash.

]]> By: Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/2009/09/01/license/comment-page-1/#comment-487 Rob Rosenberger Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:20:36 +0000 http://Vmyths.com/?p=881#comment-487 Okay, let's get serious for a moment about Smith's bad analogy. Banking existed before <a target=_blank href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_and_the_money_changers" rel="nofollow">Jesus dissed the moneychangers</a>. Now, suddenly, Smith wants to make people earn the privilege to use banking services because the Internet made it too "dangerous." In Smith's utopia, you either get a "license to compute" or you don't compute. If your credit score is below 600, then congratulations! You get to hide your cash under the mattress. In Smith's utopia, you'd need a license to compute before you can place your digital income in the hands of, say, <a target=_blank href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Madoff" rel="nofollow">Bernie Madoff</a>. Smith wants the government to determine if you're competent enough to shovel your life savings into a $50 billion ponzi scheme. Okay, you get the point. It's almost always a bad analogy when an expert uses the "driver's license" analogy in a computer security discussion. Don't fall for this computer security hype; demand a solid analogy. Okay, let’s get serious for a moment about Smith’s bad analogy.

Banking existed before Jesus dissed the moneychangers. Now, suddenly, Smith wants to make people earn the privilege to use banking services because the Internet made it too “dangerous.” In Smith’s utopia, you either get a “license to compute” or you don’t compute. If your credit score is below 600, then congratulations! You get to hide your cash under the mattress.

In Smith’s utopia, you’d need a license to compute before you can place your digital income in the hands of, say, Bernie Madoff. Smith wants the government to determine if you’re competent enough to shovel your life savings into a $50 billion ponzi scheme.

Okay, you get the point. It’s almost always a bad analogy when an expert uses the “driver’s license” analogy in a computer security discussion. Don’t fall for this computer security hype; demand a solid analogy.

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