the most interesting AV complaint in the world

found on quickmeme

no offense to the most interesting man in the world, but i don't encounter that myself. maybe he's just downloading the wrong products.

personal space apparently no longer exists

from here (source image)

honestly this appears to go beyond just personal space - i have the sneaking suspicion that in order for both to be used properly 2 people have to occupy the same physical space. perhaps it's designed for a particular configuration of conjoined twins.

click here for free antivirus scan...

found on troll.me

hopefully most people who aren't philip j. fry can tell those are scams to get you to install malware.

security dinosaur

from here (source image)

i decided to try my hand at creating a new advice animal meme (like technologically impaired duck or lame pun coon or philosoraptor, which have all appeared here more than once). what do you think of security dinosaur? i can think of all kinds of out-dated security-related statements for him to make.

this is more for cyber-consumption, grandma

found on quickmeme

oh grandma, it's not that kind of anti-virus. actually, there are some very clever parents and grandparents out there - i'm not sure why they're always used as examples of technological inexperience.

if you choke someone to death for shoplifting...

if you choke someone to death for shoplifting a pair of DVD players, you might be a security idiot (and you might be out of a job)

(sad inspiration)

better get AV

found on quickmeme

y'know, as recently as last year that might have seemed like insane advice befitting the geeksquad gus meme. but this year? maybe not so much.

nietzschean privacy

from here (source image)

thanks to sean sullivan for pointing out that mannequins that stare back at you actually exist. i think i would have been able to sleep better at night not knowing that.

the caption is a play on nietzsche's quote "When you stare into the abyss the abyss stares back at you". i wonder what else nietzsche might say if he were a modern day observer of privacy issues. maybe:

That which does not track me only makes me fonder

what if computer viruses are really made by...

found on quickmeme

this is probably one of the best ways to express this particular thought - because conspiracy keanu is generally an obvious nutter.

cyber weapons have no masters

from here

i really don't know what possessed the US to decide that their cyber weapons should be exempt from the requirement for human judgement but it's pretty much an epic fail waiting to happen.

i, for one, do not welcome our new cyber weapon overlords.