In the IT world, mice are often useful, so we usually don't try to kill them. It's bugs we hate (sorry to those budding etymologists and pathologists out there, the term has its roots in the days of early room-sized computers, look it up). Especially those that cause ID10T errors. So, we don't build mousetraps. We make things idiotproof. However, I like to say, "If you make something idiotproof, they'll build a better idiot."
Case in point; the proliferation of scams on the web. You can earn $500 dollars a day playing Farmville on Facebook. You can see who is looking at your profile on Facebook (huge scam). If you send your banking details to the lawyer/solicitor for a former Nigerian General (deceased), they'll deposit the sum of $2,000,000USD in your bank account. If you forward this blog, Walt Disney Jr. and Micro$oft will fly you and your family to Dissney World. This list is annoyingly endless; a relentless assault on our latent desires, greed and gullibility.
Perhaps P.T. Barnum was right; there is a sucker born every minute.
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