In article ,
Jake wrote:

If I, as an IT expert, were to use and trust such a mechanism, I
would be showing a lamentable lack of professionalism.

And if either of us were to discuss, openly, what security we do use,
it would be a worse lack!

Well, yes, in general. But I can do so, because my requirements
are fairly modest. I ensure that, as far as possible, my systems
block all incoming attacks and I run my browser in a ghetto where
it can't write to my home directory or the rest of the system (and
where there are no setuid programs).

Because I have very little data of interest to the likes of the
Mafia, CIA, Mossad, MI5, Smersh etc., my only defence against
physical intrusion is to ensure that I don't store sensitive data
(e.g. bank account numbers and passwords), but type them in every
time.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.