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State Agency to Destroy Unauthorized USB Drives

Posted by Zonk on from the what-they-don't-know-won't-hurt-you dept.

Lucas123 writes "The State of Washington's Division of Child support has forced hundreds of workers to turn in personal USB flash drives and has instead begun issuing corporate-style USB drives. The goal is to centrally monitor, configure and prevent unauthorized access to storage devices. So far about 150 common drives have been issued. The agency eventually plans to destroy all existing thumb drives collected as part of the security policy change."

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  1. Good by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't want government employees listening to MP3s while at work. They are slow enough as it is.

  2. Re:Misleading summary by notaspunkymonkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    "the mandatory 100-page approval document."

    How the hell did you get access to my document - I store it on my personal USB drive, its the only copy... when they took it off me and gave me that new one I thought they destroyed my personal one..

    Does that mean you have those pictures of my wife too???

  3. Re:Misleading summary by martin-boundary · · Score: 3, Funny

    I know... I apologize for reading the article.
    Weeelll. Looks like we got ourselves a reader!
  4. Re:Won't work, even with all the good faith... by tubs · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, they'll understand why these security measures are in place because you've explained it, given them options and shown what the damage can do.

    --

    try to make ends meet, you're a slave to money, then you die

  5. Re:Misleading summary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Dude...

    I have one of those on my Loom.