Tech magazine eWeek just came out with its 12 Ways To Be A Security Idiot, and I thought for all you folks out there struggling to make your next big security goof, eWeek’s advice might help you along the way.

Their recommendations for achieving a state of idiothood included (and I’m paraphrasing):

- Life is always easier when your firewall is turned off.

- Don’t worry about storing sensitive information unprotected on your laptop. After all, who’s going to want your laptop?

- When a Nigerian prince wants to give you 30% of his father’s $20 million illegal stash plundered from the nation’s oilfields, and all he wants in return is your bank account information, what are you waiting for? He’s a prince, for crying out loud!

- The easiest password to remember is password, and no-one’s going to think you’re dumb enough to use such an obvious password, right?

- Your computer doesn’t need up-to-date virus protection because it’s never been sick a day in its life.

So go out there and keep getting it wrong. Because without you there's no us.