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Article in Business Week on Government E-Security

Article in Business Week on Government E-Security
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:32:19 -050
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_16/b4080032218430.htm?chan=magaz
ine+channel_top+stories

Just as I would expect from our incompetent government, no questioning 
of why government employees in sensitive jobs are not using PGP for 
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Re: Article in Business Week on Government E-Security
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:03:02 -070
On 4/14/2008 6:32 PM Dan scribbled:

>
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_16/b4080032218430.htm?chan=magaz
ine+channel_top+stories
> 
> Just as I would expect from our incompetent government,

alt politics is down the hall, to the left <----------

 no questioning
> of why government employees in sensitive jobs are not using PGP for 
> encryption and digital signing.

maybe because they'd screw it up, ya think?
most civil servants probly think PHP is a drug and digital signing is
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OT Re: Article in Business Week on Government E-Security
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:52:05 -050
On 14.04.2008 20:32, Dan wrote:

 --- Original Message ---

>
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_16/b4080032218430.htm?chan=magaz
ine+channel_top+stories
> 
> Just as I would expect from our incompetent government, no questioning 
> of why government employees in sensitive jobs are not using PGP for 
> encryption and digital signing.

Why is this posted in .thunderbird, seems OT to me.

F'up set to .general

-- 
Jay Garcia Netscape Champion
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Re: Article in Business Week on Government E-Security
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:04:25 +020
On 15.04.2008 03:32, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused  Dan to 
generate the following:? :
>
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_16/b4080032218430.htm?chan=magaz
ine+channel_top+stories
>
> Just as I would expect from our incompetent government, no questioning 
> of why government employees in sensitive jobs are not using PGP for 
> encryption and digital signing.
>   

well - if you look up the word oxymoron 
(http://www.collinslanguage.com/results.aspx) you would know that
"CIA" 
and "Intelligence" just don't mix!

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Re: Article in Business Week on Government E-Security
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:07:23 +020
On 15.04.2008 07:03, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused  goodwin to 
generate the following:? :
> On 4/14/2008 6:32 PM Dan scribbled:
>
>   
>>
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_16/b4080032218430.htm?chan=magaz
ine+channel_top+stories
>>
>> Just as I would expect from our incompetent government,
>>     
>
> alt politics is down the hall, to the left <----------
>
>  no questioning
>   
>> of why government employees in sensitive jobs are not using PGP for 
>> encryption and digital signing.
>>     
>
> maybe because they'd screw it up, ya think?
> most civil servants probly think PHP is a drug and digital signing is
> for their music downloads...
>   

you mean like "we must ask Bill Gates first" ??
Anyway - those cyber-criminal-guys would use PGP sigs and send their 
stuff - and the Men in Black would react the same...

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