doan want dis?

if you're more comfortable being watched...

if you're more comfortable being watched at public ATMs than you are at public washrooms then you might be a security idiot...

click mai link

if you think cyber-warfare tactics...

if you think cyber-warfare tactics are an appropriate response to cyber-crime then you might be a security idiot...

if you hand over bags of money...

if you hand over bags of money to someone just because they're wearing the right uniform then you might be a security idiot...

(inspiration)

muny muelz pleez

spamink u leefs us speechlez

if your traditional toolbox is full...

if your traditional toolbox is full while your security toolbox has just one
thing in it, you might be a security idiot

(inspiration)

if you think a computer user...

if you think a computer user shouldn't need to know as much about security
as a car driver needs to know about safety, then you might be a security idiot...

(inspiration)

r borkin english

if you think using computers

if you think using computers can be as simple as using a toaster then you might be a security idiot...

i'z 2 layzee

if you think only the person you called...

if you think only the person you called can hear you recite your passwords and credit card numbers while you're sitting on a train then you might be a security idiot...

(inspiration)

im in ur inbocks

if you think someone you know...

if you think someone you know is more likely to show you some anonymous online love than the hundreds or thousands of malware purveyors who get paid for it then you might be a security idiot (and an egomaniac)...

(inspiration)

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if you think digital picture frames...

if you think digital picture frames or mp3 players are safe to plug into your computer because they don't look like floppy disks then you might be a security idiot...

(inspiration)

im in ur emale

if a candy bar...

if a candy bar in exchange for your password seems like a fair trade to you then you might be a security idiot...

(inspiration)

im in ur webform

if you use less care putting things in your computer...

if you use less care putting things in your computer than you use when putting things in your mouth then you might be a security idiot...

maleing list spam tinks u kant

if you protect your life savings...

if you protect your life savings with the same username and password that you use to protect your porn then you might be a security idiot...

im in ur icq

if you hand out your real email address...

if you hand out your real email address to every tom, dick, and harry website on the internet then you might be a security idiot...

(inspiration)

puhlite spam sais

if you believe the anti-virus faerie...

if you believe the anti-virus faerie will come and rid your PC of any problem it might develop then you might be a security idiot...

i iz fren u blokd owt ov memree

my first cavity search

found at emergent chaos and it gives me the creeps just looking at it...

i think this underscores why it's important that more people start thinking intelligently about security... when there's only a select few doing it the chances of them getting it horribly wrong (as the TSA does) and going unchecked increase... this is probably not a real children's book but we live in a world where penguins are forced to walk through metal detectors so fictional or not this children's book idea isn't that far fetched, and that's actually pretty scary...

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if backing up is something...

if backing up is something you only do in your car or truck then you might be a security idiot...

i'z in ur emael

if you think a pornado victim...

if you think a pornado victim should be dragged through the court system for years on end, then you might be a security idiot...

(inspiration)

i had ur akownt but i eated it

if you honestly believe...

if you honestly believe you can see a nubile mrs. claus strip naked just by clicking on something in some email then you might be a security idiot...

(inspiration)

invizibul link run owt ov invizibul

if you expose the financial details...

if you expose the financial details of enough people to populate a small country because you didn't use encryption then you might be a security idiot...

(inspiration)

u herd uv spam?

if you dispose of computers...

if you dispose of computers without even trying to destroy the sensitive information that's on them first, then you might be a security idiot...

(inspiration)

snuggly the security bear

originally from the artist's own site, though youtube is more embeddable...

having seen some of the other snuggly videos, i tend to think he's more of a political bear but this one in particular demonstrates the context sensitive nature of security, where "national security" comes at the expense of your own privacy/security... thus it's important that questions like "what security are we trying to improve" be asked...

deep inspection cartoons

i didn't realize that the deep inspection cartoon i posted before was going to be an ongoing thing when i originally posted it... i have no desire to steal david maynor's thunder so i won't continue republishing his work here but i still think they teach lessons while being funny at the same time so i still want to promote that content... republishing makes sense for a one-off or as an introduction; actually it makes sense for everything when it comes to memes, but not everyone likes their content to be copied so for serials like this i think i'm going to need a links section to point to other people's ongoing work where that work furthers (intentionally or not) some of the same goals this site does...

im in ur email

idiots trust machines

if you think "i'm trustworthy" carries more weight coming from a machine than it does from a human then you might be a security idiot...

(source)

im in ur reel frenz profiel

wifi-diot

if people get caught with their pants around their ankles, driving the wrong way down a one way street while watching kiddie porn they downloaded using your wireless internet access, you might be a security idiot...


(source)

security checklists

found at errata security

ah, the importance of actually thinking for yourself rather than just following a script/checklist...

the idiot truck

if you find losing sensitive data is as easy as falling off the back of a turnip truck then you might be a security idiot

(source)

im in ur commentz

idiot's server room

if you allow users to poke their heads into your server room like some bizarre game of whack-a-mole, you might be a security idiot...

(source)

new meme: Security Idiot

trying not to be a one trick pony here so it's time i introduced another possible meme...

this is another humour based meme but instead of showing screen shots it's pretty much entirely verbal, which makes it something that people can repeat to each other and in that sense at least makes it superior to LOLThreats (since replication of the meme is not technology dependent)...

i actually got the idea originally upon reading a blog post by michael farnum... i thought the concept of "you might need to think about security if" would make a great play on jeff foxworthy's shtick about "you might be a redneck if"...

i was never totally satisfied with "you might need to think about security", though - it was a little unwieldy and i tried to come up with some variant that fit better but i never did... thankfully anton chuvakin came up with something better (or i might have settled on "security redneck" which would have been bizarre) - "security idiot" rolls off the tongue much easier (though it does sound a bit like a green day song - 'don't wanna be a security idiot' - hmmm, i wonder)...