Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Finding trust in the ones and zeros


I was mid email when I heard the ding, a new email had arrived.  It could wait until after I finished composing the email currently in front of me, however modern day ADD was over-whelming.  There was something new and shiny waiting for me, what could it be. Save as draft, inbox.  A message from the friendly people at Google, “It appears someone has attempted to access your account from Denmark.  We have blocked the attempt, please click the link to change your password.”  Wait a second, isn’t that how hackers get your password? By sending you an official-looking email saying you need to change your password for security purposes and then when you type in your current password…Bam! They got you. Back to the draft, finish, send.  Now back to this password issue, wait my cell phone is now saying it can’t access my email, password is incorrect.  Quickly log out of Gmail and try to log back in, immediate prompt to change password, no choice.  I do it, still thinking it might be a trap.  I have no way of knowing who’s real and who’s not, because none of them are real.  They’re all just anonymous email addresses, digital files.  When I walk into my bank and an employee tells me something, I believe it, when Chase.com tells me something, I am always curious if it’s really them…what if a one became a zero?

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