&gt; You can&#x27;t buy computer security. It is something obtained through configuration and knowledge.<p>Tragically, I believe this is true. But it isn&#x27;t a great and noble thing that people must gain knowledge to overcome their powerless fear of computer technology, it is a failure of technology creators to provide people with simple tools that they can use without fear.<p>The problem isn&#x27;t how we teach security, because hardly anybody should have to learn security in the first place. That the mainstream public is even aware of a concern called &quot;security&quot; having to do with their computing tools is already a failure. I can&#x27;t think of any other mainstream products that people have to be so careful with, where they are told it is <i>their</i> fault that they just haven&#x27;t gained the expertise necessary to use it without problems.