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Microsoft Retracts Private Folder Option
An anonymous reader writes "Just recently, an update to Windows added the option to password-encrypt a personal folder. The intent was to allow users who share PCs to have a measure of privacy, but C|Net reports the company is now removing that functionality with a patch. IT managers hit the roof when the option was added, complaining of the possibility of lost passwords and inaccessible data." From the article: "'Oh great, have they even thought about the impact this could have on enterprises. I'm already trying to frantically find information on this product so that A) I can block to all our desktops and B) figure out how we then support it when users inevitably lose files. I can see the benefit in this product for home users, but it's a bit of a sloppy release by Microsoft,' Stuart Graham said in a posting on Windows Server-related site MSBlog."
Why do i get the feeling that for "IT managers" at major companies, known for doing things like using the patriot act to snoop myspace/facebook of prospective employees.. and to do far worse to the privacy of current employees, that it's about lost control and lost ability to compromise 110% of employee privacy?
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If I had mod points and hadn't already posted, that would be getting a +1 insightful striaght away.
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