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By Andrew Donoghue

Published: Tuesday 06 July 2004


Name

Gene Wolf


Location

Florida


Occupation

IT Manager


Comment

Is this guy for real? Yes, let's ban iPods. They have a large capacity and can be connected to corporate networks via Firewire.

Let's also ban laptops, which many of us take home every night for the same reason because the have an even larger capacity!

How about VPN connections so I can use my iPod, or CD burner, or DVD burner at home after downloading company information to my home computer?

Please! If someone is going to steal corporate information there are many, many other ways of doing it other than a limited iPod or USB device.

While people should be aware that corporate information theft is a real threat, picking out something like the iPod is idiotic and ignores other easier ways of information theft.



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