I was not defending Google, I was only stating that SOMEONE on the inside of every company has access to things that could be dangerous in the wrong hands, even your bank of choice. That being said, the problem isn't that someone has access, the problem is that they need to better screen their employees and their behavior to discourage this sort of thing.
This kind of idiotic move happens all the time and people get fired over it. I read recently about a school principal viewing porn on his computer at work (in the school) and getting canned for it. Idiots are everywhere and people with access or power are not except from being idiots. Again, this is not news.
And Google stated that in their article. This idiot just happens to be "one of the few". Different levels of admins and intense logging can help detect and fix abuse, but someone will always have access at each level and therefore have the ability to abuse their position.
As the adage states, idiot proofing something only creates bigger idiots. In this technologically driven age, an idiot can have the title of "admin". This guy just had more power than his self control could handle.
Go read a dictionary... nautical miles can also be abbreviated nm. Just because you only know one interpretation for nm doesn't mean other valid ones do not exist.
Exactly... any admin worth their position could extract similar information from their corporate network. This was an inside job like any other inside job. It's only news because it is Google.
If this has been an admin of Facebook or MySpace it would have had similar impact. It should be no surprise that any information you give to a company is available to their admins to use or abuse.
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I was not defending Google, I was only stating that SOMEONE on the inside of every company has access to things that could be dangerous in the wrong hands, even your bank of choice. That being said, the problem isn't that someone has access, the problem is that they need to better screen their employees and their behavior to discourage this sort of thing.
This kind of idiotic move happens all the time and people get fired over it. I read recently about a school principal viewing porn on his computer at work (in the school) and getting canned for it. Idiots are everywhere and people with access or power are not except from being idiots. Again, this is not news.
And Google stated that in their article. This idiot just happens to be "one of the few". Different levels of admins and intense logging can help detect and fix abuse, but someone will always have access at each level and therefore have the ability to abuse their position.
As the adage states, idiot proofing something only creates bigger idiots. In this technologically driven age, an idiot can have the title of "admin". This guy just had more power than his self control could handle.
Go read a dictionary... nautical miles can also be abbreviated nm. Just because you only know one interpretation for nm doesn't mean other valid ones do not exist.
Exactly... any admin worth their position could extract similar information from their corporate network. This was an inside job like any other inside job. It's only news because it is Google.
If this has been an admin of Facebook or MySpace it would have had similar impact. It should be no surprise that any information you give to a company is available to their admins to use or abuse.
His wife is Richard Simmons.
More likely he meant one had 4096 cores and another had 848 cores.
Rig the toilet so it won't flush?
No, but he could become governor of California, though...
About the same time Michael Jackson did? :p
The RIAA is skilled at hindsight.
That is, looking at the world from a viewpoint within their ass.
The answer is, of course, yes.
Did you just tell mcgrew he has a big dick...wow...
For that, there is Apple.com. :p
Tasting goatse would be FAR worse than smelling it... in my opinion. :p
Ok, "Summer Glau" and "images" then?
But you could get a tattoo on your forehead reading "This Space for Rent"... :p
Humanity is aging at a rapid pace...
Look around... if you don't see the stupid person in the room, it's you.
This... as well as their yellow pages service, to name two.
This is for all of Google's services, not just their search home page. I keep a browser window with Gmail open nearly all day, every day.
I'm waiting for "Google Telepathy". Requiring a computer to search Google is such a waste of time.
Excuses, excuses. Damn lazy zombies ruin everything.
Rumors of her death are greatly exaggerated?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_White
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0924508/
Either that or these two sites are behind the times...
The day I have to taste anything that comes up on my monitor is the day I stop using computers.
Shave them weekly for about 6 months then stop for 6 months and you shall receive that which you desire.