For any of us who have ever complained about an employer/IT department controlling what sites you may/may not access from your work computer, this article from InsideTech.com is quite eye-opening. Detailed schematics of President Obama's top secret helicopter were found on an Iranian IP address.
Mr. Boback (CEO of security group Tiversa) believes the leak may be innocent in nature. He points out that many file sharing programs automatically share the contents of your entire hard drive. The employee may merely have downloaded a P2P client to download music and videos and ended up unwittingly leaking the highly confidential information on Marine One. Says Mr. Boback, “When downloading one of these file-sharing programs, you are effectively allowing others around the world to access your hard drive.”
I would hate to explain any of that on my next job interview.
Freely flowing information empowers us as individuals and joins us to the collective consciousness of humanity, but to quote Uncle Ben, "With great power comes great responsibility."
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