Re: The UPS clipboard

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1 total messages Started by Roy M. Silvernail Sat, 09 Jan 1993 07:01

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Author: Roy M. Silvernail
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 07:01

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Jarrod Staffen <uswnvg!uswnvg.com!jstaffe@uunet.uu.net> writes:

> BTW, UPS is not ignoring security risks.  They just ignore people
> who ask about safety risks.  They know what is possible.

Doesn't that strike you as extremely arrogant?

> IMO, though, I think they should do something more to ensure the
> safety of their electronic data.

And IMO, they should be a little more forthcoming to their customers
about the precautions they do take (if, in fact, they take any at all...
I'm still not very convinced).  As a computer professional, I was
not exactly enthralled to be summarily dismissed by a marketing droid
who obviously had no grasp of the technical issues I raised.
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