Stephen Fry on botnets
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007All true gadget fans will, of course, be aware that comedian, writer, actor, humourist and national treasure Stephen Fry is writing a new gadget column for The Guardian.
It’s called Dork Talk, but we’ll forgive him that, since he seems prepared to be tarred with the same brush that he’s applying to his readers.
This week The Great One is discursive on the subject of keeping yourself, your computer and your gadgets safe from all the evil forces that would like to take them over. Here’s a little taster:
Gazing into the techno-future can be fun. We all dream of utopias involving benign robots, food for all and fusion power that is free, safe and unlimited, but then there are the cacotopias, too - nightmare visions of malevolent machines that turn on mankind. It has been usual to suppose that the two-pronged threat to our liberty and our privacy would emanate from big business and government, from untrammelled corporate and bureaucratic greed, stupidity and wickedness. But let me paint another scenario…
Botnet: not a diaphanous material designed to make the buttocks look more alluring, but rather the very stuff of sci-fi nightmares. And it’s living with us now. Be vigilant, my friends.
Detect a slight tone of frivolity? Despite this you’d be very well advised to read his highly-sensible advice. Peruse the full article here…
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