Re: UC Berkeley Prof warning a class of students that the person who stole his laptop is in a heck of a lot of trouble....

[John Nunnally <Nunnally () HARDING EDU>]

Also, wouldn't this professor be held accountable for putting all of this
secure information on a laptop that he leaves laying around in public places
when someone could pick it up and walk off with it? He can rave all he
wants, but he was the one responsible for securing all this stuff, not the
thief.  I don't see the thief being guilty of anything but theft.  The
professor is a different story.

John N.

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> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 11:44 AM
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> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] UC Berkeley Prof warning a class of
> students that the person who stole his laptop is in a heck of
> a lot of trouble....
>
> H. Morrow Long wrote:
>
> > Price of stolen notebook PC:    $$ thousands
> > Price of stolen data:                   $$ millions
> > Value of this lecture:                  priceless
> http://www.boingboing.net/2005/04/20/berkeley_laptop_thie.html
>
>
> I mentioned this to a few friends, and one remarked:
>
>     So the real moral of the story is, if you want to hire a
> professor for a
>     research project, first ask him if he knows what a
> "backup" is.  Various
>     follow-up questions might include things like, "what
> basic steps will
>     you take to secure our $100,000,000 investment?"
>
>
> Valid questions, indeed.
>
>
> --
> Alan Amesbury
> University of Minnesota
>
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