Recently my system was "hacked" which meant I had to build a new system, install a hardware firewall and loose almost a week of production. I barely make a living doing freelance graphics and the added expense and lost time was devastating. The only trail I could find for the hacker was to somewhere in Herndon Virginia, plus another attack from a bogus company in Hong Kong. On top of that I get about 20 viruses and about 150 spams every day on 3 different email addresses. I'm just getting ready to leave for a week so I figure my mailbox will be filled in a couple days with this crap and real emails will get bounced back.
Basically, this ain't funny. Now there's no way to tell if you're being attacked by some loser kid or the RIAA or even the government. They all seem to have the tools and the desire to mess with your machine. It's enough to make me want to quit using the internet. Disconnect my broadband and get some work done...
Remeber these two words, they're being removed from the english language:
Privacy and Respect
Someday you can explain to your grandkids what these archaic concepts were....
