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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (323509)11/26/2002 11:56:41 PM
From: ThirdEye  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
J-F, I recently read a long piece in The Atlantic about computer security. It was really a profile of one of the pre-eminent computer security geeks there is. If I remember correctly it would be his view that what we are up to here with this centralized national database-aside from it being a great leap into an Orwellian world-is that it may be the stupidest thing we could possibly do.

Homeland Insecurity
A top expert says America's approach to protecting itself will only make matters worse. Forget "foolproof" technology—we need systems designed to fail smartly
by Charles C. Mann

theatlantic.com
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