{"id":2447,"date":"2010-03-27T20:30:40","date_gmt":"2010-03-28T00:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/?p=2447"},"modified":"2022-12-30T12:46:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T17:46:53","slug":"detroit-least-risky-online-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/detroit-least-risky-online-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Least Risky Online City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2452 \" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin: 2px 0px;\" title=\"Detroit Least Risky Online City\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/malware-e1565387461983.jpg?resize=100%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Detroit Least Risky Online City\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/> <a title=\"Symantec\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2wgaW-pra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Symantec<\/a> has declared <strong>Detroit<\/strong> as the <strong>least risky online city in America<\/strong>. In a joint study with <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestplaces.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sperling&#8217;s BestPlaces<\/a><\/em>, Symantec released a report <em>Norton\u2019s Top 10 Riskiest Online Cities The U.S. cities under the greatest threat from cybercrime<\/em> (PDF) (03-22-10) of the 50 riskiest places in America to be online and at the bottom of the list is Detroit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitdetroit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2453 \" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin: 2px;\" title=\"Detroit\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/detroit.jpg?resize=120%2C66&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Detroit\" width=\"120\" height=\"66\" \/><\/a>The report indicates that Detroit is the least risky online city, with residents <strong>less likely to take part in risky online behavior<\/strong>. Detroit has low levels of Internet access, expenditures on computer equipment, and wireless Internet access. The city also <strong>ranked low in cybercrime<\/strong>, wireless Internet access, and Internet access generally compared to other cities. <a title=\"El Paso, Texas\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elpasotexas.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">El Paso, Texas<\/a>, and Memphis were the second and third safest cities, respectively as reported by <a title=\"eWeek\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eweek.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>eWeek<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Data from several sources were used to determine the rankings. The data came from Symantec Security Response as well as third-party data about online behavior, such as accessing <strong>WiFi hot-spots<\/strong> and <strong>online banking<\/strong>. Each city was scored across several categories. For example the number of <strong>malicious attacks per capita<\/strong>, prevalence of Internet use, and the <strong>number of bot-infected machines per capita<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2wgaW-pra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-99904 size-thumbnail\" title=\"Symantec logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Symantec-Logo-1-e1565387777980-75x72.jpg?resize=75%2C72&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Symantec logo\" width=\"75\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Symantec-Logo-1-e1565387777980.jpg?resize=75%2C72&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Symantec-Logo-1-e1565387777980.jpg?resize=150%2C143&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Symantec-Logo-1-e1565387777980.jpg?w=737&amp;ssl=1 737w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/a>Detroit ranked last in all categories including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Individual cybercrimes,<\/li>\n<li>WiFi and hotspots per capita,<\/li>\n<li>Annual expenditures per household on Internet Access and Computers,<\/li>\n<li>Adult Internet use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>rb-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Up is down and down is up in Detroit. <\/em><em>These are not promising statistics for Detroit. The <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">depression<\/span> &#8220;global financial crisis&#8221; has ravaged Detroit and southeastern Michigan for the past 11 years. These results are just another indicator of how far Detroit has fallen. Low levels of Internet access, not buying computer equipment along with slow and limited wireless Internet access cause the city to rank low in cybercrime. This is just like driving a car, the more you drive the more risks you take. Until <a title=\"Detroit\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=42.3313888889,-83.0458333333&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=42.3313888889,-83.0458333333%20%28Detroit%29&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation noopener noreferrer\">the Motor City<\/a> gets on the information super-highway there is little chance of Detroit moving forward.<\/em><\/p>\n<h6>Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/detroit.cbslocal.com\/2018\/03\/17\/michigan-workers-opened-fake-phishing-email\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Would You Pass The Test? 1 In 3 Michigan Workers Opened Fake \u2018Phishing\u2019 Email<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/detroit.cbslocal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CBS Detroit)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. 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