Simetrical wrote:
On 8/30/06, Rob Church <robchur(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>On 30/08/06, Steve Summit <scs(a)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".