So it turns out that giving every Hill staffer a BlackBerry was maybe not the smartest idea in the world. [Politico]Apparently, everyone, up until now, thought anything owned and operated by Congress was totally impervious to outside forces, including the sensitive information bouncing through the exosphere where, you know, really anyone who's taken an introductory computer science class and has a decent understanding of network security can access it. Especially if you don't take such strident precautionary measures as maybe password protecting your BlackBerry.
Not convinced? Still think you have to be pretty retarded to accidentally leak private information? Turns out that "an employee at a local investment firm unwittingly leaked personal information about Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and others while downloading music online." Up until now, I thought you had to be pretty intelligent to be employed at an investment firm, but apparently the hiring process is a little less intense than I'd imagined. I'll ignore the fact that this genius employee was clearly pirating music on his company laptop, and just say that the term "file sharing" does actually mean what it says. Also, if you're not skilled enough to go to the Account Settings tab of your Limewire window and change it so that you're not giving the entire world access to your hard drive, I really seriously don't want you handling my investments or anyone else's.
The best part of this article, however, is when Harvard computer science professor, Harry Lewis, author of Blown to Bits, confirms that all computer hackers are, in fact, male: "We have met the enemy, and he is us."
To the roughly 49% of the world population with a scrotum, I say: SUCKS TO BE YOU!
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I just have to say it.
The phrase "Secret Keepers" in the title immediately makes me think "well, I sure won't be enlisting them to help me hide from Voldemort!"
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