Mikko Hypponen and why it is good to be a minority.
I was at TEDxRotterdam yesterday and I was supposed to blog but since the wifi wasn’t optimal I hardly got anything out. It’s one of those problems we’re still struggling with as a society. Now that I typed that it hits me as a typical first world problem, but hey it’s true. The organizers could have chosen for a closed network but that would keep some students from tweeting since 3G wasn’t really working as well, they chose to have an open network which resulted in no one being able to have a stable connection. Personally I can’t ignore the fact that you should be able to run two networks, one public and one private but then again, I might be wrong.
Let’s talk about TED, which has the slogan: “Ideas worth spreading”. Mikko’s talk was a prime example of one of those. I’ve seen most of the talks and I promised myself to highlight only the ones that were in my opinion actually worth spreading. Mikko’s talk is worth spreading because so many people really don’t know what can happen with the technology they take for granted. Sometimes I feel like I have a sixth sense of maybe just a lot more of the common kind when it comes to viruses and especially links like: “OMG did you see these naked pictures of you?” or DID you read this nasty blog about “you?!” send by someone you know. I mean c’mon people.
There are certain aspects in technology that even frighten me sometimes tho. Things like hactivism and Stuxnet can really send chills down my neck. I won’t explain that to you right now but I do think the public needs to know more about it or at least about the easy traps they could fall for.
On another note, as an Apple user I hardly get any troubles from malware or viruses and Mikko noted that the next big victim will be Android since they’re getting bigger than the #1 target of the moment, Windows XP. Sometimes, it’s good to be a minority.
Mikko Hypponen and why it is good to be a minority.
I was at TEDxRotterdam yesterday and I was supposed to blog but since the wifi wasn’t optimal I hardly got anything out. It’s one of those problems we’re still struggling with as a society. Now that I typed that it hits me as a typical first world problem, but hey it’s true. The organizers could have chosen for a closed network but that would keep some students from tweeting since 3G wasn’t really working as well, they chose to have an open network which resulted in no one being able to have a stable connection. Personally I can’t ignore the fact that you should be able to run two networks, one public and one private but then again, I might be wrong.
Let’s talk about TED, which has the slogan: “Ideas worth spreading”. Mikko’s talk was a prime example of one of those. I’ve seen most of the talks and I promised myself to highlight only the ones that were in my opinion actually worth spreading. Mikko’s talk is worth spreading because so many people really don’t know what can happen with the technology they take for granted. Sometimes I feel like I have a sixth sense of maybe just a lot more of the common kind when it comes to viruses and especially links like: “OMG did you see these naked pictures of you?” or DID you read this nasty blog about “you?!” send by someone you know. I mean c’mon people.
There are certain aspects in technology that even frighten me sometimes tho. Things like hactivism and Stuxnet can really send chills down my neck. I won’t explain that to you right now but I do think the public needs to know more about it or at least about the easy traps they could fall for.
On another note, as an Apple user I hardly get any troubles from malware or viruses and Mikko noted that the next big victim will be Android since they’re getting bigger than the #1 target of the moment, Windows XP. Sometimes, it’s good to be a minority.
