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how big is your safe?
From: monkeywebdaemon at googlemail.com (Monkey Daemon)
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:52:52 +0000
2009/10/23 Robin Wood <dninja at gmail.com>:
I've just been been to the local Staples and was in the queue behind a guy returning a safe. He said it wouldn't lock and spent a sleepless night because people know that he keeps cash at home. The problem was that the safe was the size of a lunchbox, if anyone wanted to steel it they could have carried it out in one hand. It shows an unfortunately flawed security mindset, if I put something secure in the mix then the whole thing becomes secure.
"...but the safe was behind a firewall..." ;)
Also, as part of the return process he was asked for his address. He gave his house number then said he didn't want to give his full address in public so just offered his postcode. For those not in the UK, the two give a unique pointer to the house. Again, he thought he was being security minded by not giving out his full address but failed to realise what he was disclosing.
LOL, FAIL. I often address post to people with just the number and the postcode if I CBA to write the entire address. Works without issue everytime here ion the UK.
I suppose the moral, always think of the bigger picture and about what you are revealing about yourselves.
Indeed, hence the reason I left Facebook and the other social networking sites. MWD
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