This week is Get Safe Online week; a campaign founded by the Government, HSBC, SOCA and Microsoft.

The campaign site, http://www.getsafeonline.org/ is aimed at the "mum" user, people who don't know about the ins and outs of security; the people who are at risk the most.

This year they're focusing on identity fraud; apparently research and survey information will be available. As the week progresses more information will appear on the site, written in non-technical language and presented in a way that everyday Internet users can understand.

So if you don't want to try to explain phishing to your mum then why not let someone else do it and forward the campaign site to your non-technical friends and family; if it educates and reduces their risk then that is a good thing (and may reduce the instances of family technical support *grin*)