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Submission + - How do we know if secure sites really are secure? 1

acoustix writes: We see advertising everywhere for secure, encrypted storage in the cloud. How do we really know that these providers are really encrypting the data? How can it be proven that I'm the only person who can decode and view the data? With all of the stories about the NSA and random website security breaches I would like to know if it is possible to prove that a hosting provider is truly secure with only having access using their clients and web interfaces.

Comment So... (Score 4, Insightful) 208

We fire a guy for insulting tweets, but....

- We don't fire people for the Fast & Furious illegal gun running op.
- We don't fire people for the IRS scandal.
- We don't fire for the lies to the public regarding Benghazi
- We don't fire for the absolute disaster that is the Obamacare implementation

It's nice to see that our priorities are in order. It's also obvious that this administration is extremely thin skinned and cannot take any amount of criticism. They view their political enemies as a first priority and everything else be dammed.

Comment College wasn't an option for some (Score 2) 655

For many of the older people in this field college was not an option. Some of them "fell into" the job because they "knew computers".

I have a AAS degree from a two year school because IT related studies were not offered at the 4 year schools. In fact, I was bluntly told by a department head of a four year school: if you want to learn networking then go to a two year school. So I did. Best decision ever. No college debt and got a job right out of school.

Comment Re: Obama should agree to delay the individual man (Score 1) 501

Life is an unalienable right. It trumps economics. Money should never be used as an excuse not to treat someone. People's lives are more important than figures in a ledger book!

Serious question: Who pays the bill then? Where does the money come from to treat these people?

I'm not a heartless bastard. These are questions that nobody can answer and nobody can agree on.

Comment Re:Obvious but baffling that it's not done yet (Score 1) 1532

It wasn't Bill Clinton's policy to spend his grandchildren's earnings either. He left office with the budget in balance.

It was George W. Bush's policy to spend that surplus on tax breaks for his billionaire friends, and then spend $3 trillion for a war in Iraq for the purpose of (what was it again?), most of which went to his no-bid contractors like Halliburton. Bush left us in debt that your grandchildren will be paying for.

The Tea Party is funded by the same loonies that got those no-bid contracts.

Bullshit. Clinton and the GOP Congress never had a surplus. It was *projected* but never realized. The US has had a deficit every year I've been alive and the debt has grown each year that I've been alive.

Comment Re:Consortium (Score 1) 149

I've been out of the IT industry for a while, but is there any product that works like BlackBerry's Enterprise Serve (suite) for Android / iPhone / Windows Phone?

No and it is sad. There's nothing out there that comes even close to BES. Policy management on iOS, Android and Windows Phone is a joke. I struggle to keep my company's information private, but it's impossible. Once an iOS or Android phone has access to my company's ActiveSync then my company has no control over how that data is handled.

We're currently trying to use XenMobile, but it doesn't work either. I try to block access to iCloud. But then the employees can't backup their personal data. Very frustrating!

If someone has an alternative to BES then please speak up.

Comment Will iOS 7 Crash Exchange? (Score 1) 233

Will it crash Exchange servers like 6.1 did?

I know a lot of companies are telling employees to *not* upgrade to 7 until testing has been done. Of course, since security is so lax with iOS there's nothing that companies can do to actually enforce that policy. Unlike other real mobile OS's out there.

Comment Good job liberals (Score 1) 122

When will you learn? Discuss and debate bills first. And if you actually pass it make sure that everyone knows what the effects will be.

Seems like the liberals can't quite get this straight. Stimulus, Obamacare, IT services tax, etc... I guess Pelosi *was* right after all - we have to pass it so we can find out what is in it.

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