| From "ignorance is bliss" to "surprise attack and | | | | indifference and a lack of enthusiasm toward the |
| disaster" - how many thousands of Internet users | | | | following: |
| have experienced this frustration and grief? | | | | * The news of yet another vulnerability or patch |
| This raises the obvious question: "Why haven't | | | | process. |
| they prepared to avoid it?" | | | | * The potential damage to computer, personal |
| The startling fact is that there are many long | | | | information and reputation - i.e. the "It can't |
| term Internet users who have never even | | | | happen to me" attitude. |
| considered updating their Operating Systems and | | | | * Their own abilities - i.e. "I'm too old, too dumb, |
| protective Safe-ware. | | | | too whatever - to learn how to fix a computer |
| Perhaps the complexity of it all contributes to | | | | without breaking something. |
| what might be described as User apathy - or | | | | |