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[Guest DaveW]

See:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19909106

DaveW

[JohnP]

It does make one wonder what's safe and what's not these days, there's also a problem with Skype at the moment. As soon as there's a fix for one browser there seems to be a security problem with another. There are an awful lot of sick and weird people out there who seem to delight in causing trouble. Shame they are never caught and ... well I'd best not say on here.

[Kobione]

Isn't it a shame that it's always 'the troublesome 3%' that stuff things up for everybody!

[Guest DaveW]

Still what do you expect when their governments set them such a bad example by targeting other nations? The US Secret Service does it and no doubt ours does too, plus other governments do it to us. It's not always just a few hackers targeting individuals but has become a national weapon in the cold war between ideologies. China is obviously targeting the West with cyber crime, as probably are other nations and we are doing it back.

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/computer_malware/stuxnet/index.html

No doubt if some of the best hackers are caught they are given the choice of prosecution or working for their Secret Services.

These days you do not know who is reading your emails or intercepting your mobile phone calls, but I suppose that was always the case with mail interceptions and landlines in the past. If landlines can be tapped obviously anything that uses radio transmission can be listened into with the appropriate equipment and even bugs planted on it.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/aug/24/surveillance-email

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7671046.stm

No doubt with so many security cameras around these days they can also get a lip reader to translate conversations being held within their view. Plus every time you use a mobile phone you indicate your location at that moment anyway. Big Brother certainly now is watching you!

DaveW