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IT Pros Can't Resist Peeking At Privileged Info
Orome1 writes "IT security staff will be some of the most informed people at the office Christmas party this year. A full 26 per cent of them admit to using their privileged log in rights to look at confidential information they should not have had access to in the first place. It has proved just too tempting, and maybe just human nature, for them to rifle through redundancy lists, payroll information and other sensitive data including, for example, other people's Christmas bonus details."
Oh look, another hit piece from our friendly Microsoft astroturfer. I'm sure you think that Microsoft's cloud services are just fine and dandy, right? That the Windows 7 phone is going to be a model of privacy protection? Or that Bing is not storing any search queries? Pray tell - what exactly is the reason that makes you distrust Google so much more than Windows? I'm sure your boss gave you a script for that. I'm curious to see what it is.
With that in mind, here's what I get for a free from Google (and don't bother playing semantics with ad-revenue):
* a 7 GB email address I can access from anywhere in the world.
* a competitive smartphone OS that has made smartphones much, much better through competition (something Microsoft never managed to do)
* a competitor to Facebook that is forcing Facebook into improving its offering.
* a free video upload service that is being tooth and nail by a company that understands why Youtube became popular
* a map service that is better than anything I've ever paid money for.
* a company that is fighting for competition in the ISP business and for Net Neutrality. Btw, I'm also interested in what your script says about Net Neutrality. Your account is too recent to have posted much on that topic.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, sue.