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Re: If you have nothing to hide
From: Simon Waters <Simon () wretched demon co uk>
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 11:02:41 +0100
From: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>
"Why is it that companies have sold products that they know are insecure?" asked Richard Clarke, President Bush's chief cybersecurity adviser.
I would have though he might better concern himself with why is the Government still buying them. Market forces will ensure the supply of whatever is demanded, the US federal and state government is presumably the single largest purchaser in the IT market, yet still seems to be buying plenty of products with dubious security records. Government purchasing changes have and could improve security, where do you think Ctrl-Alt-Delete to login to NT came from, it wasn't the Microsoft usuability department I'm sure. Let him who is without sin.....
Current thread:
- Re: If you have nothing to hide, (continued)
- Re: If you have nothing to hide Len Rose (Aug 05)
- Re: If you have nothing to hide bdragon (Aug 05)
- Re: If you have nothing to hide Len Rose (Aug 05)
- Re: If you have nothing to hide bdragon (Aug 05)
- Re[2]: If you have nothing to hide Richard Welty (Aug 05)
- Re: If you have nothing to hide Stephen Sprunk (Aug 05)
- Re: If you have nothing to hide Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 05)
- Re: If you have nothing to hide Jeffrey Haas (Aug 05)
- Re: If you have nothing to hide Gerardo A. Gregory (Aug 05)
- Re: If you have nothing to hide Sean Donelan (Aug 06)
- Re: If you have nothing to hide fingers (Aug 05)
- Re: If you have nothing to hide Henry Yen (Aug 05)
- Re: If you have nothing to hide Eric Osborne (Aug 05)
- Re: If you have nothing to hide bdragon (Aug 05)
- Re: If you have nothing to hide Eric Osborne (Aug 05)