http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/02/public-perception-of-security.html The Emergent Chaos Jazz Combo Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/02/public-perception-of-security.html/comment-page-1#comment-5501 Robin Wilton Sat, 07 Feb 2009 06:57:00 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=3041#comment-5501 Ironically enough, I have been at a couple of privacy/data breach round-tables where someone has used precisely this kind of example to illustrate the way in which technology changes the context and the nature of the problem. They generally expressed it along these lines: "The UK HMRC (Revenue and Customs dept) hit the headlines because a junior official 'inadvertently' lost 30 million records, simply by burning them to CD and ssticking them in the post. You try losing 30 million paper files..." :^) Ironically enough, I have been at a couple of privacy/data breach round-tables where someone has used precisely this kind of example to illustrate the way in which technology changes the context and the nature of the problem. They generally expressed it along these lines:
“The UK HMRC (Revenue and Customs dept) hit the headlines because a junior official ‘inadvertently’ lost 30 million records, simply by burning them to CD and ssticking them in the post. You try losing 30 million paper files…”
:^)

]]> http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/02/public-perception-of-security.html/comment-page-1#comment-5500 Former Vice President Dick Cheney Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:24:06 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=3041#comment-5500 File cabinet? Prove there ever *was* a file cabinet. I think this so-called file cabinet was planted by enemies of freedom, most likely in a vain effort to sap and impurify my precious bodily fluids. Unfortunately, telling you why that is so would reveal sources and methods, and violate executive privilege. File cabinet? Prove there ever *was* a file cabinet. I think this so-called file cabinet was planted by enemies of freedom, most likely in a vain effort to sap and impurify my precious bodily fluids. Unfortunately, telling you why that is so would reveal sources and methods, and violate executive privilege.

]]> http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/02/public-perception-of-security.html/comment-page-1#comment-5499 beri Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:06:05 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=3041#comment-5499 This is not a threat. This is just stupidity. Who sells a file cabinet without emptying it first? And then denies they sold the cabinet in the first place? This is not a threat. This is just stupidity. Who sells a file cabinet without emptying it first? And then denies they sold the cabinet in the first place?

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