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[Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo]

some good advice here about securing your browser:

http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/securing_browser/

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[Ralph Fox]

On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:01:27 -0700, in message <tK-dnW_wz66M72rV...@mozilla.org>,
Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:

> some good advice here about securing your browser:
>
> http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/securing_browser/

Written by fresh grads, or even students on a summer programme?

|   In the Cookie section, select ask me every time. This will help
| make it clear when a web site is attempting to set a cookie.

Users will *very* quickly tire of being asked every time.

Security has to be something people will do, not something people
will quickly tire of and turn off.

|   Under the Security category, the Passwords section contains [...]
| a Master Password feature to encrypt the data on your system.

There is a discussion in the thread
http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.support.firefox/browse_frm/thread/7e0b7ccb6d11ac26
on whether the Master Password feature actually encrypts data or not.

Some users reported that Google Chrome imported site passwords from
Firefox without being given the required Master Password. This means
that the site passwords must not have been encrypted, but only
obfuscated.

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[Daniel]

squaredancer wrote:
> On 16.10.2008 19:01, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Peter Potamus
> the Purple Hippo to generate the following:? :

>> some good advice here about securing your browser:
>>
>> http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/securing_browser/
>>
>>
>

> interesting and scarey =-O
>
> I have now configured my box to warn me:
> "You are about to switch on and activate your computer. You are warned
> that this is a highly DANGEROUS ACTION that may cause you serious
> physical harm."
>
> I am now going to bed and hide under the duvet!
>
> reg

reg, does this mean you're under the duvet under the bed???

Daniel

[JM]

On 10/19/2008 5:35 AM, squaredancer wrote:
> On 19.10.2008 12:01, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Daniel to

> generate the following:? :
>> squaredancer wrote:
>>> On 16.10.2008 19:01, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Peter
>>> Potamus the Purple Hippo to generate the following:? :
>>>> some good advice here about securing your browser:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/securing_browser/
>>>>
>>> interesting and scarey =-O
>>>
>>> I have now configured my box to warn me:
>>> "You are about to switch on and activate your computer. You are
>>> warned that this is a highly DANGEROUS ACTION that may cause you
>>> serious physical harm."
>>>
>>> I am now going to bed and hide under the duvet!
>>>
>>> reg
>>
>> reg, does this mean you're under the duvet under the bed???
>>
>> Daniel

> can't hear you under all this protective covering - you sound sort of
> muffled :-P
>
> reg
If you can't hear him, how did you know to respond? :-)

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

squaredancer wrote:
> On 19.10.2008 12:01, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Daniel to

> generate the following:? :
>> squaredancer wrote:
>>
>>> On 16.10.2008 19:01, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Peter
>>> Potamus the Purple Hippo to generate the following:? :
>>>
>>>> some good advice here about securing your browser:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/securing_browser/
>>>>
>>>>
>>> interesting and scarey =-O
>>>
>>> I have now configured my box to warn me:
>>> "You are about to switch on and activate your computer. You are
>>> warned that this is a highly DANGEROUS ACTION that may cause you
>>> serious physical harm."
>>>
>>> I am now going to bed and hide under the duvet!
>>>
>>> reg
>>>
>>
>> reg, does this mean you're under the duvet under the bed???
>>
>> Daniel
>>

> can't hear you under all this protective covering - you sound sort of
> muffled :-P
>
> reg

Nah! he just in the bed under the fancy Quilt.

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[The Real Bev]

JM wrote:

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[Daniel]

squaredancer wrote:
> On 19.10.2008 12:01, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Daniel to

> generate the following:? :
>> squaredancer wrote:
>>
>>> On 16.10.2008 19:01, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Peter
>>> Potamus the Purple Hippo to generate the following:? :
>>>
>>>> some good advice here about securing your browser:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/securing_browser/
>>>>
>>>>
>>> interesting and scarey =-O
>>>
>>> I have now configured my box to warn me:
>>> "You are about to switch on and activate your computer. You are
>>> warned that this is a highly DANGEROUS ACTION that may cause you
>>> serious physical harm."
>>>
>>> I am now going to bed and hide under the duvet!
>>>
>>> reg
>>>
>>
>> reg, does this mean you're under the duvet under the bed???
>>
>> Daniel
>>

> can't hear you under all this protective covering - you sound sort of
> muffled :-P
>
> reg

Must be because I'm soooo far away!!

Daniel

[Daniel]

squaredancer wrote:
> On 19.10.2008 17:57, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused JM to generate

> the following:? :
>> On 10/19/2008 5:35 AM, squaredancer wrote:
>>
>>> On 19.10.2008 12:01, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Daniel to
>>> generate the following:? :
>>>
>>>> squaredancer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 16.10.2008 19:01, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Peter
>>>>> Potamus the Purple Hippo to generate the following:? :
>>>>>
>>>>>> some good advice here about securing your browser:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/securing_browser/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> interesting and scarey =-O
>>>>>
>>>>> I have now configured my box to warn me:
>>>>> "You are about to switch on and activate your computer. You are
>>>>> warned that this is a highly DANGEROUS ACTION that may cause you
>>>>> serious physical harm."
>>>>>
>>>>> I am now going to bed and hide under the duvet!
>>>>>
>>>>> reg
>>>>>
>>>> reg, does this mean you're under the duvet under the bed???
>>>>
>>>> Daniel
>>>>
>>> can't hear you under all this protective covering - you sound sort of
>>> muffled :-P
>>>
>>> reg
>>>
>> If you can't hear him, how did you know to respond? :-)
>>

> all a bit complicated to explain but:
>
> I live in Europe and was hiding *under* the covers here....
> Daniel lives in Australia - therefore, he would see me *on top of* the
> bed thing....(Oz's are standing up-side-down)
> so I read his post (as Bev suggested)
>
> hope that is quite clear now!
>
> reg

Ahhhh!!!! Even I understand now!!

Daniel