[LINK] Wireless security was: Telstra - taking its ball and going home.

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Eleanor Lister wrote:
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> 
> they have security?   (hahahahaha, that's a joke, folks!)
> 
> well, we've been using iBurst as a basic service at Greens conferences, 
> lately, but not for anything particularly sensitive, just really so the 
> attendees can access conference doco on a low-security server, and also 
> keep up to date with the media.
> 
> we definitely don't use it (or 802.11* or bluetooth, either) for 
> anything important, we have too many cynics for that, and while i don't 
> actually know of any hacks or exploits, i am not interested in turning 
> the party into a bunch of lab rats to find out.
> 
> the very idea of EM radiation and security seems absurd to me, although 
> i'm willing to be convinced otherwise, but it's going to take more than 
> a rat with a gold tooth in an Armani suit saying "Trust Me".
> 
> let the rants and raves begin!
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All I can say...is do you have a policy on where you read CDs of 
sensitive information?

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Marghanita da Cruz
Ramin Communications
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