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Re: Say it ain't so: Censorship in America


From: "John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP" <bambenek.infosec () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:53:01 -0500

Since when did the requirement of 100% success become the bar that must be
crossed for any policy?  If you really believed 100% effectiveness was
required before anything was initiated, we'd have to give up on information
security all together.

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org> wrote:

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 10:18:41AM -0500, John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP
wrote:
Cannon says the airport would rather deal with infrequent complaints
about
access than handle angry parents whose children might see pornography.

Because, of course, this will prevent anyone sitting in the terminal from
watching full-length, hi-def porn using the DVD player in their laptop.

"We must do it for the childrennnnnnnn" is rapidly gaining equal
status with "We take this problem seriously" as an utterly trustworthy
guarantee that whatever follows will be completely fabricated bullshit.

---Rsk
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