Ever wonder about all those virus protection features & programs some of us pay for?
Or all those ads for various security / insurance programs they want you to buy to protect against identity theft and various electronic crimes?
I'm not saying there are not actual criminals out there infecting computers, using ransom wear or stealing identities... but did you ever wonder why or how you can't get a virus on an Apple computer or how you don't need virus protection for them? (Seriously, I have no idea how that works... or if people need virus or identity protection for their Smart Phones.)
Maybe... just maybe... the back door was left open on purpose. Create a threat, then charge people to pay the money to protect them from the threat (which basically defines extortion if the victim knows they are being threatened by the same people who will withdraw the threat if they get paid off). But we don't know if the people promising to protect against the threat are the ones who created the threat in the first place.
If some computers that access the Internet don't need virus protection, then why do any of them?
How do we know the companies charging us to protect us from viruses aren't the same people who invented the viruses, or invented the technology, making it purposefully so susceptible to viruses (when apparently they don't need to be)?
Or all those ads for various security / insurance programs they want you to buy to protect against identity theft and various electronic crimes?
I'm not saying there are not actual criminals out there infecting computers, using ransom wear or stealing identities... but did you ever wonder why or how you can't get a virus on an Apple computer or how you don't need virus protection for them? (Seriously, I have no idea how that works... or if people need virus or identity protection for their Smart Phones.)
Maybe... just maybe... the back door was left open on purpose. Create a threat, then charge people to pay the money to protect them from the threat (which basically defines extortion if the victim knows they are being threatened by the same people who will withdraw the threat if they get paid off). But we don't know if the people promising to protect against the threat are the ones who created the threat in the first place.
If some computers that access the Internet don't need virus protection, then why do any of them?
How do we know the companies charging us to protect us from viruses aren't the same people who invented the viruses, or invented the technology, making it purposefully so susceptible to viruses (when apparently they don't need to be)?
Last edited by Captain Steel; 08-10-20 at 03:27 PM.