I confess I did not make this post’s title up. I actually copied it from InformationWeek because I found it so funny. Is MI5 really going to e-mail a terrorist some alerts? How convenient for him/her…”Dear terrorist, this is an automated email message from MI5 just to let you know that our alert level is now Lavender, soon to be Magenta if you do not turn yourself in. This is your last e-mail alert.”

The United Kingdom’s Security Service — better known as MI5 — announced Tuesday that it will soon warn citizens of changes in the nation’s terrorist threat ranking via e-mail.

Oh, oh, I see now. But how will citizens know that it’s really MI5 writing to them? And how does this play into the hands of phishers who will send out warning email telling users to click on a link for terror alert information?