Do you think that it was safer to use Internet 10 years ago or is it safer now?
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kenny loris
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I think it was safer back then. Today, you are being spied upon, phished, and always at the verge of being hacked. Also, in the older times there were less violation of copyright infringements. Hackers and Agencies were evolving and people had less to worry about when surfing the net.
Underdog
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The risk in the early days was just from the "bad guys". Today it is from the supposedly "good guys" like governments and salesmen.
Macho
Posts: 90 +2
Is satellite internet safe? Let Us Prey, comes from those who shop at Wackenhut & Fingerhut. Radio Shack when a bungalow and out house has those allowed to prey. Telephone line internet best put on a fax line. The communications industry is nastier than they make show business realize. The FCC would say you can drop your call letters and join in to a 3 way conversation when your mother told you not to talk to stangers.
Olivia Simmons
Posts: 13 +4
Maybe, ten years back was much safer. But I think, in terms of safety, nothing much has changed. What has changed is the rate of scams and hanking. And it is still rising.
captaincranky
Posts: 19,687 +8,825
Well, if they're tracking me, I hope they enjoy my rants at Techspot, and plenty of porn.
More to the point, was anybody really safe with IE 6?
For whatever anybody thinks of Google's tracking, they're pretty good at babysitting as well. They do, "have your six", as they say in military dramas.
More to the point, was anybody really safe with IE 6?
For whatever anybody thinks of Google's tracking, they're pretty good at babysitting as well. They do, "have your six", as they say in military dramas.
Avro Arrow
Posts: 3,721 +4,821
It's definitely safer now because...
1.) No Flash
2.) No Java
At the same time, it is less safe to some extent because more personal information gets stored online today than ten years ago.
1.) No Flash
2.) No Java
At the same time, it is less safe to some extent because more personal information gets stored online today than ten years ago.
Avro Arrow
Posts: 3,721 +4,821
Ten years ago:
1) Flash
2) Java
3) Internet Exploder (for those who were too lazy to get something good like Firefox)
Defintely not safer back then.
captaincranky
Posts: 19,687 +8,825
What has changed dramatically for the worse, is the intelligence of computer and phone users. I don't store anything of significance on my web machine, and I don't even own a smart phone. People these days live and store their lives on their cell phones. I still get paper statements for my bills.
While Google may have its nose up our butts, they also weed out most of the BS, spam, and scam emails before they ever reach our inboxes.
In addition to that, I don't do any storage on a machine hooked to the web. Anything of importance is stored on air gapped machines. None of my machines are connected to a LAN either. Just the ones the need for the web to the router.
So, if I got hit with ransomware, I'd just pull the drive out of this machine and throw it in the thrash. Right after I told the hackers to pound sand.
Theinsanegamer
Posts: 5,452 +10,234
Dont forget the widespread use of adblock today. Back in 2010 adblockers were in their infancy and ads were fantastic at infecting your PC with all sorts of crap. Modern OSes are also sandboxed really well, XP was so easy to infect and destroy from a single bad download. For PCs the modern internet is far safer.
For the end user, not so much, in that today so much gets tied to your real world ID and so many sites and corporations and entities fight to get you to use your real ID for internet things, and so many more payment systems and accounts are tied to the internet today, its far more dangerous for your personal information.
Theinsanegamer
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Most people I work with are, quite frankly, too stupid to use PCs. They dont know how to use USB drives, how to copy and paste, or how to read links before clicking on them, despite literal decades of using computers every day. It drives me nuts, the whole reason internet platforms have to be dumbed down is for these people that can barely master a calculator insisting everything in their lave have facebook on it.
Macho
Posts: 90 +2
Going by Homer Simpson cartoons. Old bars still open from the 1920s' when they had gangsters and prohibition still get visited by exactly those persons as if they came forward through time, including unknown law enforcement divisions that no longer exist but still somehow are out there shaking down customers.
When using an XP Computer again, you will have exactly that problem, since back then everything had to be CERTIFIED . That is why IE does not work anymore since it sees thousands of certification errors and other problems with bandits everywhere, you are not allowed online.
The FCC that no longer exists today, but did back then are out to get you to prove that every computer GEEK is a pervert.
When using an XP Computer again, you will have exactly that problem, since back then everything had to be CERTIFIED . That is why IE does not work anymore since it sees thousands of certification errors and other problems with bandits everywhere, you are not allowed online.
The FCC that no longer exists today, but did back then are out to get you to prove that every computer GEEK is a pervert.
Olivia Simmons
Posts: 13 +4
Not depending on web machines is a good way of living life, even I believe in it and try to work without them. But it is also difficult to go along with the world and ultimately has to include machines in our lives. Today's world depends on smartphones and computers and can't proceed without them.
But loved to know someone has believed and worked with their lives without computers and smartphones. The proverb "where there is a will, there is a way" is true.
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Olivia Simmons
Posts: 13 +4
Seems like I was unaware of these things. Thanks, I learned new things.
Avro Arrow
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rodb31007
Posts: 15 +6
I think it is safer now because even though there are more hackers now because we have safer systems than ten years ago.Also lots of hackers back than still hack people so either way the internet is unsafe just now it is just safer with the new software, admins, and monitoring systems making the internet a safer place.
wizardB
Posts: 286 +148
If you really believe that I have some waterfront property in Louisiana for you.
Avro Arrow
Posts: 3,721 +4,821
I'd do the same thing because I have 20TB of data backed up on external drives, most of which are on a shelf in a closet instead of being connected to a PC.
Are yo
You must be running Linux today... Xp n win7 was less invasive than 10/11.
You've got some solid points there. It's crazy how much people rely on their phones these days. Like you, I'm wary about storing everything online. The idea of having everything on one device is kind of unsettling to me.
Google does help out with the junk emails, gotta give them that.
Mark Fuller
Posts: 625 +109
I for one don't see much difference. I don't recall any changes in human nature(perverts, thieves etc. still abound), nor do we have any moral crusaders trying to clean up the internet and the FCC has always sit in the background with its toothless law philosphy.
The default security in Windows nowadays is much better than in the times of Windows 98 and even XP. Back in the days you had to have a firewall and antivirus software or your OS would be infected with some random crap just when connecting to the Internet, making it useless.
On the other hand, the Internet has become full of crap made to fool you into clicking somewhere and paying something or giving your credentials to the wrong people. This can cause you serious problems of the monetary kind.
I would say we have different security concerns now. Security is technically better now, but it is easier to get scammed.
On the other hand, the Internet has become full of crap made to fool you into clicking somewhere and paying something or giving your credentials to the wrong people. This can cause you serious problems of the monetary kind.
I would say we have different security concerns now. Security is technically better now, but it is easier to get scammed.
Websites are generally better built with stronger defenses against viruses and scams. We're also more aware of online threats these days. There's definitely more tracking and data collection happening now. Companies gather a lot of information about our browsing habits.
It depends on what kind of safety you're worried about. We're better at keeping malware out, but keeping our data private is a constant battle.
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