From: "jeremy hunsinger" <jhuns@vt.edu> I was thinking today about what metaphors might be appropriate for internet security. I was considering primarily metaphors based on current technology. If you had to think that the internet security was most like a the security issues surrounding another technology, would you think that it was more like keeping a house secure, or a wallet? a car secure or a toaster secure? thoughts? other ideas?
i enjoyed thinking about this jeremy - i'd had a difficult day today and this injected a light note !!- i got to thinking how keeping my internet access secure is like keeping my car secure - it's personal - the driving seat, mirrors, steering column etc are set up just for me like my internet settings - i only let people whom i know and trust drive it/my family always ask permission before using my internet access - it has an alarm to deter people breaking in/like my firewall - it has an immobilisor to stop people driving it without permission/i use content advisor to monitor my son - it's part of my social life and i need it to get to work/ditto my internet access - it needs servicing at regular intervals/reformatting the hard drive that usually takes six times as long as it ought to denise Denise Maia Carter, CASS, University of Hull, Hull , HU6 7RX Email: denisecarter@denisecarter.net Web: http://www.denisecarter.net