Your Data is safe with us, like heck it is

STEED · 08-21-08, 04:55 PM

Well well well and welcome the the lattest UK blunder.

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Personal details relating to thousands of criminals have been lost in the latest in a line of Government data blunders.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/2008082...s-dba1618.html

SUBMAN1 · 08-21-08, 05:04 PM

Are you saying, you actually believed them when they told you that originally?

-S

STEED · 08-21-08, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Are you saying, you actually believed them when they told you that originally?

-S

I have no trust in any government what so ever.

Digital_Trucker · 08-21-08, 05:13 PM

What the hell were they thinking keeping that stuff on memory sticks? I guess next they'll tell you that it's OK, the data was all encrypted and no one will figure out that the password is I_can't_fiind_my_arse_with_hands. Ah, oops

SUBMAN1 · 08-21-08, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Are you saying, you actually believed them when they told you that originally?

-S

I have no trust in any government what so ever.

Good. That is what I thought! Carry on!

-S

Platapus · 08-21-08, 06:41 PM

When it comes to data there is one cardinal rule.

If you make it easy for the good guys to transport it
you are making it easy for the bad guys to transport it

Sensitive data should not be on laptops, memory sticks, CD/DvD, etc. I don't care how convenient it is for you. I don't care that you want to use the trendy new technology.

I want you to keep the data secure. If that means putting it on a standalone system chained to a desk in a locked room, so be it.

The security of the data must take precedence over the convenience of the data user.

Sailor Steve · 08-22-08, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

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Originally Posted by STEED

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Are you saying, you actually believed them when they told you that originally?

-S

I have no trust in any government what so ever.

Good. That is what I thought! Carry on!

-S

What are you guys talking about? Of course I trust the government...to screw me every time. It may be intentional or it may be accidental, but Murphy's law is the only one the government can be trusted to obey.

Koondawg · 08-22-08, 02:37 AM

Im from the government, and I'm here to help you....

KD

Digital_Trucker · 08-22-08, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Koondawg

Im from the government, and I'm here to help you....

KD

help you out of all that nasty money:rotfl:

Task Force · 08-22-08, 12:02 PM

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Im from the government, and I'm here to help you....

KD

If your from the Government, Give us less taxes

(could ya lower gas prices to). Finaly get rid of those spy sattalites, They are constantly watching us.

:rotfl:
Computers + data = Blue screen of death

08-22-08, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

When it comes to data there is one cardinal rule.

If you make it easy for the good guys to transport it
you are making it easy for the bad guys to transport it

Sensitive data should not be on laptops, memory sticks, CD/DvD, etc. I don't care how convenient it is for you. I don't care that you want to use the trendy new technology.

I want you to keep the data secure. If that means putting it on a standalone system chained to a desk in a locked room, so be it.

The security of the data must take precedence over the convenience of the data user.

Data of any kind should always be kept in the office basement, in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'.

There - glad I fixed that problem for future generations to come.

Jimbuna · 08-22-08, 12:29 PM

Everything should work out fine in the end....it looks like they could all be entitled to some form of financial compensation

lesrae · 08-22-08, 02:05 PM

They're criminals - and if they're done over because of it then they'll be done over by criminals.

My sympathies are extremely limited on this one.

Jimbuna · 08-22-08, 02:22 PM

How about we pay any compensation they receive out to their victims :p

08-21-08, 05:04 PM	#2
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Are you saying, you actually believed them when they told you that originally? -S __________________

08-21-08, 05:13 PM	#4
Digital_Trucker Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Peach State Posts: 4,171 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 10	What the hell were they thinking keeping that stuff on memory sticks? I guess next they'll tell you that it's OK, the data was all encrypted and no one will figure out that the password is I_can't_fiind_my_arse_with_hands. Ah, oops __________________ RSM-GIEP-Killflags-LV Tribute-Playable Elco __Peace be with you, Dave.

08-21-08, 06:41 PM	#6
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	When it comes to data there is one cardinal rule. If you make it easy for the good guys to transport it you are making it easy for the bad guys to transport it Sensitive data should not be on laptops, memory sticks, CD/DvD, etc. I don't care how convenient it is for you. I don't care that you want to use the trendy new technology. I want you to keep the data secure. If that means putting it on a standalone system chained to a desk in a locked room, so be it. The security of the data must take precedence over the convenience of the data user. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-22-08, 12:29 PM	#12
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Everything should work out fine in the end....it looks like they could all be entitled to some form of financial compensation __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-22-08, 02:22 PM	#14
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	How about we pay any compensation they receive out to their victims :p __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-22-08, 02:37 AM	#8
Koondawg Grey Wolf Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pasadena, Ca Posts: 852 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Im from the government, and I'm here to help you.... KD

08-22-08, 02:05 PM	#13
lesrae Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somerset, UK. Posts: 932 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	They're criminals - and if they're done over because of it then they'll be done over by criminals. My sympathies are extremely limited on this one.