Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Paranoia strikes again in the world of prepping


Ok, it might be a bit of an assumption but I think we all, at some time or other think about things in life from a paranoid view point.
As for me it's more than a bit and the odd time but where would I be if my friend paranoia wasn't there for me to cuddle up to.
Take for instance the current threat to our lives on the internet. This  worm or virus that has been created by some Russian computer hacker (note: the story was released by the Americans, good old standby for impending doom those ruskies) that takes countless billions of rubbles, euro's, pounds and of course the US Dollars out of bank accounts the world over. So what happens, the NCA or National Crime Agency, the BBC and the large industry anti virus companies get together and anounce they have shut down this russian gangster fro exactly 2 weeks to allow us to sort out our computers and update the anti virus programmes before they "switch off" the gangsters coputers for good.

Now I ask here why is it taking two weeks to shut them down, why are we being warned of it and what is the likely outcome of it all?
The last bit first, probably nothing. Everything will go on as it is in endless postings of what we had for tea on facebook and tweittering twaterings on other social media and I'll prepare tea for my dear wife.

On the other hand it could be that worms like Stuxnet and other zero day problems are too complicated now and the powers that be are going to try and take control of the internet in some way or other.

Here is one paranoid thought. TPTB are going to blast the internet with a wide scale virus / worm / trojan etc and they don't know what will happen so it all goes tits up then the problem will be you computer will be infected with this worm and you did nowt about it so it's your fault.

Or nothing bad happens but TPTB have a strong hold into the internet world and can now control the web with their worm / virus / trojan etc.

Going back to the bit above about 2 weeks notice. Why do we have to have two weeks notice for them to shut down the so called bad guys? Surely they should have done that as a matter of course and we don't get to hear about it in mainland surburbia.

If the worms have turned so to speak and are now "out in the wild" and infecting power plants, car assembly lines, the national grid, shopping centres like Asda and Wall mart etc that run on card payments and not cash and just in time deliveries then this is why TPTB need to try to act in the next 2 weeks.

Even governments say that we need to keep 3 months worth of food and water in stock for " minor problems" etc. What happens if this warning is one that we should heed in a larger way and stock up on food and water etc just in case it is "the big one" where we all get to experience the world as it was pre computers....

Oh I'm going for a lie down as this paranoia is getting me, well paranoid........

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