Piggy-Back

Few days ago I was reading an article on the Malaysian KM site http://www.kmtalk.net/index.php . I was attracted by the 34 comments posted on this particular article. I clicked on the comment icon and was looking forward to read what others are saying. To my horror and surprise, reader Anonymous (of course) single-handedly posted all those comments, or shall I say sex-links? Embedded inside each comment Anonymous posted, there must be a hundred or more sex-links.

I have problem to understand persons such as THIS Anonymous. Hiding behind the weakness of cyberspace (invincible and troublesome to trace), they not only is using someone else's property for his/her own purpose, but is degrading the site as well.

A few days ago I read an article (unfortunately I did not save the link) about teenagers in the US tapping into WIFI/hot-spot of other subscribers. They hunt, they found, they then use the wireless channel to check emails etc. AND they do not think they are thieving! They consider their actions is no different than reading newspaper over someone's shoulders. They crashed-in, took up spaces that are meant for the subsriber, therefore response time for the person who pays for the service degraded to the point of crawling.

These are just two examples of what miseries cyberworld can bring to us. It also shows some ugly human behaviour. Can we blame technology? I suppose we can. Most of all we should wonder what kind of people we are dealing with these days?

I am also wondering about security. Well, I am happy I don't have a lap-top (I don't want one), and neither do I care to have wireless internet access in my own house. I still prefer the old fashion way of using the wire-line sticking out from the wall.