So Here We Go, Then!
The site BeCyberSafe.com and this blog were created because we needed them. Or, to put it a bit more bluntly, because almost all of us do. That is, we all need to give some serious thought to the matters of computer security and privacy, especially in the Internet age. It is just that too few of us do. Our take on this: The information is too fragmented. We don't know the problem, only bits and pieces of it, and thus any tools we apply are unlikely to be the right ones.
Case in point: Most know enough to have an anti virus program installed. However, 80% of all office computers have spyware on them - a whopping average of 27 programs ("State of Spyware Report", Webroot). Well, which is worse, a virus or 27 spies on your system?
The Internet is a wonderful place. You can find anything and everything. Born-again Christian Republicans and Russian criminals, yet also born-again Russian Christians and Republican criminals. CNN and BBC, but also Jim's blog on the history of rabbits and Jill's astrology site. Satanism side by side with taoism, pornography along with knitting. It's a jungle out there, but also a field of flowers. Wonderful!
But amidst all this chaos that is the Internet, there was one thing we never found: A simple, sensible, comprehensible site on computer security and privacy matters. A site not made to scare people out of their money or to push a specific product, but there to give a sober overview of the dangers that do in fact lurk on the net, and offer simple, solid solutions for anyone. A site that provided both the knowledge and all the necessary tools at the price of one overhyped anti virus program. A site that did this while not being saturated with mindless advertising and irritating pop-ups.
Such a site may have excisted. But we never found it when we needed it. Thus, we created it ourselves, and named it www.BeCyberSafe.com . We hope you'll find both the Web site and this blog interesting and useful, and would appreciate your comments!
Case in point: Most know enough to have an anti virus program installed. However, 80% of all office computers have spyware on them - a whopping average of 27 programs ("State of Spyware Report", Webroot). Well, which is worse, a virus or 27 spies on your system?
The Internet is a wonderful place. You can find anything and everything. Born-again Christian Republicans and Russian criminals, yet also born-again Russian Christians and Republican criminals. CNN and BBC, but also Jim's blog on the history of rabbits and Jill's astrology site. Satanism side by side with taoism, pornography along with knitting. It's a jungle out there, but also a field of flowers. Wonderful!
But amidst all this chaos that is the Internet, there was one thing we never found: A simple, sensible, comprehensible site on computer security and privacy matters. A site not made to scare people out of their money or to push a specific product, but there to give a sober overview of the dangers that do in fact lurk on the net, and offer simple, solid solutions for anyone. A site that provided both the knowledge and all the necessary tools at the price of one overhyped anti virus program. A site that did this while not being saturated with mindless advertising and irritating pop-ups.
Such a site may have excisted. But we never found it when we needed it. Thus, we created it ourselves, and named it www.BeCyberSafe.com . We hope you'll find both the Web site and this blog interesting and useful, and would appreciate your comments!
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