Consumers vastly more afraid of computer crime thanburglary


	Consumers vastly more afraid of computer crime thanburglary

kenjt

6-14-2008 1:48 PM

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kenjt says:

More shocking: 73 percent of the respondents said they felt that they were being protected by their Internet service provider. That's really frightening: While most ISPs filter email for spam, that's honestly about the extent of your protection, unless you're one of the scant few who's installed some kind of "Internet access package" provided by the ISP and which may include some rudimentary malware protection.

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6-15-2008 5:50 AM

righthand

Unbelievable really. Fear of the unknown. Irrational but real if it's you.

6-15-2008 6:11 AM

kenjt

Yeh I guess so.................

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