Simetrical wrote:
On 8/30/06, Rob Church robchur@gmail.com wrote:
On 30/08/06, Steve Summit scs@eskimo.com wrote:
I would tend to agree. But three people at AOL lost their jobs because of something they honestly thought there was "no harm" in doing. And it's very difficult (if not impossible) to guarantee that something gets kept for only a day.
I plead ignorance, sir. Do provide a URL?
To the personnel implications of the AOL debacle:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/30/online_anonymity/ http://www.ovum.com/news/euronews.asp?id=4770
To my claim about data retention:
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/23.76.html#subj1
I believe you introduced me to www.justfuckinggoogleit.com, Rob. ;)
Heh. Hadn't come across that one before. Thanks.
Actually, even though the story was (it seemed) all over the media last week, it was surprisingly hard to find more than a couple of hits today. Besides "AOL" and "CTO" and "resign", another couple of keywords to use for anyone who wants to read further would be "Maureen McGovern".