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Executive Jailed After Airport Bomb Question and TSA Rant
April 28, 2008 – 5:00 am
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This is not the place to determine what was really said or meant by this executive, but according to the Daily News:
“The question [to the gate attendant] that got me into trouble was, ‘Isn’t it a security risk to let my bag travel without the passenger when there could be a…
Slashdot Post On Security Ethics Demonstrates Professional Naiveness
April 18, 2008 – 6:00 am
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Over at Slashdot, an anonymous reader was quoted as follows (in entirety):
“I am a senior security xxx in a Fortune 300 company and I am very frustrated at what I see. I see our customers turn a blind eye to blatant security issues, in the name of the application or business requirements. I…
Privacy Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned
April 17, 2008 – 6:00 am
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CNN reports:
In a tearful and furious YouTube video with close to 150,000 hits to date, former actress and playwright (”Bonkers”) Tricia Walsh-Smith lashes out against her husband, Philip Smith, president of the Shubert Organization, the largest theater owner on Broadway.
She goes…
USA Today: Vista’s Security Authentication Checks Frowned Upon
March 14, 2008 – 6:35 am
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In yesterday’s USA Today, Edward C. Baig commented in his Personal Technology column regarding the Microsoft Vista SP1 release:
“And the things that may drive you nuts about Vista - painfully slow boot times, overly intrusive security pop-ups - persist.”
It’s precisely…
If You Can’t Protect Your Website, How Can You Protect The Country?