Re: U.A.E. Declares BlackBerry a Security Risk

[Henri Salo <henri () nerv fi>]

On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:16:02 -0400 (EDT)
der Mouse <mouse () rodents-montreal org> wrote:

> > > I'm reminded of a past workplace.  [...crackberry...]
> > > I would have expected giving one's login password to someone
> > > outside the company would be a firing offense, but apparently it's
> > > OK when the "someone" in question is RIM.  I've never quite
> > > understood why.
>
> > Maybe the answer is something similar to or between the lines:
>
> > "Change company, now!"
>
> Well yes, there is that.  I did say a *past* workplace; if memory
> serves, that was the same company where they found a keylogger on the
> head accountant's machine - and just removed it and considered it
> done; in particular, they kept running Windows, they didn't do any
> "how did this happen and how can we keep it from happening again"
> investigation, they didn't do very much of anything in consequence.
>
> You can guess, maybe, why I'm not naming the company. :)

Maybe we should change from funsec@ to learn-from-your-mistakes-sec@ :)
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