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June 28, 2006
Bush Administration Discovers Encryption Technology!
"Stung by a series of data losses or disclosures at federal agencies over the past month, the White House is requiring all agencies to follow new guidelines when allowing employees to carry sensitive data on laptops or access the information from afar, according to the Washington Post. From the article: 'To comply with the new policy, agencies will have to encrypt all data on laptop or handheld computers unless the data are classified as "non-sensitive" by an agency's deputy director."
(via Slashdot.org)
Sheesh. And encryption technology has only been available to them for what..about a decade? Those of you who are ex-military (like me) are getting kind of annoyed at how an administration that is hell-bent on secrecy and "information awareness" is daily losing large chunks of our personal data to Internet evil doers. Only now is keeping private data via encryption technology occuring to them?
Posted by Ali Massoud at June 28, 2006 10:21 AM
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