Census Bureau loses hundreds of laptops

[Blodrast]

The full story is here (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060922/ap_on_go_ot/missing_laptops;_ylt=Au2f_Xt0d8xkaI.pZSGiF0KyFz4D;_ylu=X3oDMTA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM-).

All your information is safe, of course. :no:
I mean, who ever heard of "weak" passwords, or breaking encryption (or bypassing it) ?
Anybody wanna bet $5 that whenever any of these are recovered, the "experts" will claim with utter certainty that sensitive data wasn't accessed ?
meh...

Privacy is a thing of the distant past.

[mercian billman]

With all the information security and all the paronoia concerning privacy, it's simply amazing that people don't take proper measures to assure accountability.

[Crazed Rabbit]

A good reason not to fill out the 'long form'. Or even most of the short form, I'd guess.

Crazed Rabbit

[Xiahou]

The full story is here (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060922/ap_on_go_ot/missing_laptops;_ylt=Au2f_Xt0d8xkaI.pZSGiF0KyFz4D;_ylu=X3oDMTA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM-).

All your information is safe, of course. :no:
I mean, who ever heard of "weak" passwords, or breaking encryption (or bypassing it) ?
Anybody wanna bet $5 that whenever any of these are recovered, the "experts" will claim with utter certainty that sensitive data wasn't accessed ?
meh...

Privacy is a thing of the distant past.
Meh, what could the census bureau know that the credit agencies already dont know and share with anyone who asks?

[Blodrast]

Meh, what could the census bureau know that the credit agencies already dont know and share with anyone who asks?

lol, sadly, you do have a point.
It is however a bit annoying that these things seem to happen more often than I'd personally feel comfortable with.
Not much to comment on this, anyway. I just posted it because I thought it would be an interesting bit of information. And yeah, Crazed Rabbit, I agree - fill as little of them forms as possible, when you can...

[Vladimir]

I like therapy.

[Blodrast]

I like therapy.

Aye, but you see, I'm on a tight budget.