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Originally Posted by Raistlin
Did you read the bit where I said 'provided it's adequately encrypted'? If it is then that data isn't at risk. ...
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If they can't be trusted to keep an eye on a laptop, how can they be trusted to ensure that appropriate encryption was in place?
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...It's only idiots like this that lose, or have stolen from their car, their laptop that even cause this to become a public issue....
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Exactly. Would you trust a monkey with a hand grenade, even though the pin was securely in place when you handed it to him?
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... By the way, we all seem to be working under the assumption that the details on that laptop are now in the hands of the 'bad guys', ...
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I think we ought to assume that. Or is "don't worry, a chav stole it" meant to pacify the situation?
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...And what would that piece of hardware be?
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Erm... a laptop?
Suppose this guy's job was to telephone potential recruits into the armed forces. He wouldn't need all 600,000 names on his laptop, would he? He could VPN to a secure server and get one telephone number at a time.
It isn't rocket science...