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Singapore To Cut Off Internet Access For Government Workers From 2017 (thestack.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Government workers in Singapore will return to a 1990s-level of net connectivity from May of 2017, as the domestic government has decided to block internet access on all of its 100,000 office computers. The decision has been made in the interests of national security, although the Draconian policy will still permit workers to forward work mails to private email addresses as necessary. Workers' own devices will be allowed to connect to the internet normally by special terminals being provided in early trials, while intra-departmental connectivity will presumably be maintained via VPN tunneling. The move comes in the direct wake of a visit to Singapore from the U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter late last week, promoting stronger security ties with Singapore in the face of the rise of China in the region.BBC News has more details.
A spokesman added that "Thumb drives should continue to work as before."
I come here for the love
It's not going to help much if they still leave a copy of Solitaire on government workers' computers.
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
watching cat videos
Considering how long it takes to get a response from private industry or get them to do what they're being paid to do I can only assume they're the ones making the cat videos.
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower