Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 5th Nov 2009 17:29 UTC
Computers are taking on ever more important roles in our daily lives. They used to be simple tools to get simple things done - work-related, mostly, maybe a few simple games, and that was it. However, over time, they have become the central hubs for all sorts of data - including precious data. For his Master of Fine Arts thesis project, Zach Gage illustrated just how important our computer data has become.
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In case you're thinking "he shouldn't run random binaries people have e-mailed", I don't. But it's clearly a known-harmful app, so though I don't think it's strictly malware (no malicious intent) I think it's reasonable to expect a warning from the same software that protects you from other known-harmful code.
So, you trust your malware software to warn you of every impending threat?
Seems like you've possibly fallen into the trap this article was trying to portray... You've put your trust into software written by others to protect your data for you.
If you're not backing it up and taking precautionary measures to prevent data loss, then you're ultimately just wandering around in a dangerous world hoping that everyone is watching out for you.
I think an example program like this should be given to all first time computer users (even if it doesn't actually delete their files, but just pretends to), to remind them that not all that glitters is gold, and clicking on something neat and shiny could have dire consequences if they aren't thinking ahead.