1) Gov't spends way too much money/time on security for anyone to claim they don't care about it
2) Considering how people always complain the military is extremely secrative about it's actions, including the/. crew, your statement is less "interesting" then the mods who gave you points think it is. It's more "i want to bitch at someone because that's all I can do" comments.
3) The DoD has it's own legal system and investigative staff. It uses rules/laws that are not the same as the rules/laws the general public has to deal with. So the FBI will not be involved unless the President specifically orders it to happen - 99% sure that it will not happen. Normally the CIA would not get involved but since someone from anotehr country bought this mp3 player there is a chance...but again, unless the President orders it to happen it will not be the case.
Guess what - the military is big enough that it can give an impartial investigation and court proceedings on it's own people - and guess what - it does this ALL the time.
So you don't have to doubt they will do their own investigation and you don't have to hope they won't. They will do it - nothing new here.
You don't think the army punishes people for violating secure data storage and usage? While slashdot is well-known for it's pessimistic view on life and thinks that every situation requires a tin foil hat you should a LITTLE more faith.
By bringing this to the attention of the DoD they can determine what needs to be done with the MP3 player (most likely buy it from the person). The army takes a very dim view on allowing the names of its personnel leaking to the world. They are very protective about their soldiers. Plus they want to make sure the mission is not sensitive (it could be an old, declassified mission).
If they can ascertain who owned the mp3 player they will most likely have some words with him, and depending on the reasoning behind him putting data on the mp3 player and the other information on it they will determine what to do.
The army spends a LOT of money and a LOT of time securing their data - everyone knows this, especially the slashdot crew. Taking that into consideration to say the army will do very little if anything is a bit of a stretch on your part.
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1) Gov't spends way too much money/time on security for anyone to claim they don't care about it /. crew, your statement is less "interesting" then the mods who gave you points think it is. It's more "i want to bitch at someone because that's all I can do" comments.
2) Considering how people always complain the military is extremely secrative about it's actions, including the
3) The DoD has it's own legal system and investigative staff. It uses rules/laws that are not the same as the rules/laws the general public has to deal with. So the FBI will not be involved unless the President specifically orders it to happen - 99% sure that it will not happen. Normally the CIA would not get involved but since someone from anotehr country bought this mp3 player there is a chance...but again, unless the President orders it to happen it will not be the case.
Guess what - the military is big enough that it can give an impartial investigation and court proceedings on it's own people - and guess what - it does this ALL the time.
So you don't have to doubt they will do their own investigation and you don't have to hope they won't. They will do it - nothing new here.
You don't think the army punishes people for violating secure data storage and usage? While slashdot is well-known for it's pessimistic view on life and thinks that every situation requires a tin foil hat you should a LITTLE more faith.
By bringing this to the attention of the DoD they can determine what needs to be done with the MP3 player (most likely buy it from the person). The army takes a very dim view on allowing the names of its personnel leaking to the world. They are very protective about their soldiers. Plus they want to make sure the mission is not sensitive (it could be an old, declassified mission).
If they can ascertain who owned the mp3 player they will most likely have some words with him, and depending on the reasoning behind him putting data on the mp3 player and the other information on it they will determine what to do.
The army spends a LOT of money and a LOT of time securing their data - everyone knows this, especially the slashdot crew. Taking that into consideration to say the army will do very little if anything is a bit of a stretch on your part.