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vaccinia email
send users virus-like emails to teach them not to open those. | |
A service for companies
suffering from too much pointy
hair and other clueless users:
regularly send emails to
clueless users that have all or
some of the characteristics of
virusses. When the clueless user
opens/runs/click one of these,
the computer is temporarily
disabled, while a
little
edutainment video is shown that
tells the user how to recognize
and handle email virusses. A
central server keeps tabs of
what user took the bait and who
did not. For good educational
impact the smart users get some
sort of reward for not falling
for the virus. once a
day/week/month a mail is send
describing the recent email
threats.
This idea is based on my
observation that email borne
virusses eruptions are spread
over time. When one eruption has
been very severe, the next one
will be longer away because more
people are aware of the threat.
Keeping the awareness high will
keep the risk low.
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I used to do this at a company I worked for. I had a small Javascript in my "signature". If the recipient had scripting disabled in their email client, they would never notice it. But those who had forgotten to do this would get a pop-up that chided them, and then brought up an intranet web page explaining why thats bad and how to fix it. |
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