Why don't people care about inet security & online spying?

Question

People that I have personally talked to or notified about this issue seem to project an attitude of uninterest because they don't respond or comment at all.

Answer 1

I think the problem is the vast majority of people are ignorant of the dangers. The average John Doe or Jane Done are not computer savvy. I've read scores of computer and Internet security articles and experts consistently say "the weakest link in security is human error." Recently, in the United Kingdom, the nation's tax department lost personal and financial information on 25 million people. Information was storaged on unecrypted data tapes. When an entire government fails to take the proper precaution, what hope is their for the average person.

Answer 2

I think people are concerned about it, it just hasn't affected them and so they have a non-chalant attitude towards it. Maybe they run an anti-spyware scan or two once a week and it detects 'adware' cookies, so they delete them and wonder why everyone is so uptight about viruses and spyware...

Maybe others, have had a friend that got a virus from a porn site ('cuz that's where they come from, ya know'), still others downloaded a malicious file using Limewire P2P and now, the word gets out that, 'Limewire gives you viruses'.

Most don't have a clue.

Computer infections have a purpose and it's not just to muck up your computer so it won't do the things you want it to do. What's the point in that, you say?

It's all about MONEY, and how to take it from you, either by making you 'Click' something malicious (pay-per-click) or by stealing your information and using that to access your account.

Now that more and more people are using the internet for online banking, bill-paying, and buying, trojans in general and keyloggers in particular, have become more prevalent as people go about their online transactions without a second thought as to what information may be getting into the hands of identity thieves.

It takes education, not infection, to learn how to keep your computer information safe from those who would (come in thru the 'backdoor' and) rob you blind, if given the chance.

People access the internet all the time without any protection programs whatsoever. And when strange things begin happening, they want to know how to make it go away. They don't want to be pro-active and keep these things at bay, they want to wait until 'something happens' and then claim, 'I didn't know.'

IMO- education in computer security dealing with (at least), anti-virus and anti-spyware- should be taught in all computer classes as a normal part of the curriculum and one of the first steps in helping a student or any PC user (for that matter) become more confident in their ability to keep themselves and their assets protected.

Computer infections of any kind are Everyone's problem. We are all in this together as a part of the 'online community'- That includes you and you and you and you too. Your infections become my infections and round and round it goes. The more we learn how to keep these infections off our computers the safer we will all be in this new computer world.
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Use protection,
your computer will thank you.

Answer 3

People do care but that doesn't change anything. Businesses seen that people cared and programs were written and sold to protect each individual from low lives and prying eyes.