[PRCo] Re: PRC Rt. 23

[Dwight Long]

Derrick

I think you mean "without comment."

At any rate, I pay a lot of money for a high powered virus checker to guard 
against that sort of thing.  Sure, there are hackers that can defeat even 
the most potent virus checkers, but it reduces the chances of any virus or 
trojan entering by an embedded object.

Clicking on the other hand can result in stolen identity.  While I assume 
that most on this list use protection against such, I believe it to be 
better practice not to take that risk. My spam screener is pretty good, but 
it does not prevent all "phishing" emails to come through.  I don't want to 
get into the habit of clicking on links in perfectly benign emails, such as 
are likely to emanate from this group, and then out of force of habit click 
a link in one of those.

You may be correct about some rare thing inhabiting an imbedded object, but 
I think it is far the lesser risk.

Dwight

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Derrick Brashear" <shadow at gmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 12:03 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: PRC Rt. 23


> an embedded photo is just as dangerous. i can forward you computer
> security research on the topic,
> but you'd have to click the link to read it.
>
> regardless, presuming that just because an image was embedded in your
> email that it is safe
> is a dangerous understanding, and one i'm not going to let stand with 
> comment.
>
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> 
> wrote:
>>
>> Phil
>>
>> You are missing the point. The point is that one should not have to click
>> on links, attachments, or any of the other no-nos in the cyber world to 
>> be
>> able to see a photo, chart, table, whatever--especially when it is placed
>> into the body of the message specifically for that purpose. Ecartis 
>> defeats
>> all this through its machinations.
>>
>> Dwight
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Phillip Clark Campbell" <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>
>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
>> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 9:10 PM
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: PRC Rt. 23
>>
>>
>>> From: Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com>
>>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
>>> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 9:03 PM
>>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: PRC Rt. 23
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 8:34 PM, Phillip Clark Campbell
>>> <pcc_sr at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> Mr.Long,
>>>>
>>>> They are in this email you sent at the bottom; the Urls are still 
>>>> there.
>>>> I copied and am pasting them here also. Please check the bottom
>>>> of this email to confirm the Urls are present; pictures are never
>>>> included.
>>>
>>> The "dreaded ecartis" has them. Never mind that it's only dreaded to 
>>> him.
>>> You
>>> can find his rationale in the archive. I respect that he's consistent
>>> about it
>>> even if I disagree.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Derrick
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> I don't understand Mr.Brashear. The Urls for the pictures I sent were
>>> in the email he responded to; I clicked on them to get the pictures.
>>> The mail program did not strip them.
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Derrick
>
>