September 18, 2006
Another Day at the Computer: More Security Breaches
Everyday, I take more and more seriously Sandra Bullock’s quote in The Net “It’s all right there. Everyone is stored in there…and you know what? They’ve done it to me, and you know what? They’re gonna do it to you.”
Recently, AT&T joined an illustrious and ever-growing group including AOL and the Federal Government that is succumbing to an annoying, but here-to-stay problem of The Information Age: keeping me from getting ripped off. Like it or not, transfer, let alone distribution of information is a security threat, weather you are The Social Security Administration or that teenager that asks you for your zip code at Radio Shack.
So, remind me not to 1) answer anymore telemarketing calls; 2) sign up for anymore “services” from my a) phone company b) bank c) credit card company; 3) buy anything from anyone anywhere on the internet that doesn’t accept hand-delivered cash.
Lucas Monaco, Associate Director of Technology
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