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#1 Laffnmule's Lode

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Posted 25 January 2009 - 05:10 PM

What are your thoughts on this article?

http://redtape.msnbc.com/2009/01/credit-card-hac.html

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#2 thcbytes

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Posted 25 January 2009 - 09:02 PM

I read the link. Inside job? Portal of access....a flash drive? Just a thought. Not too long ago the Pentagon bans computer flash drives

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#3 Goldwyn

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Posted 26 January 2009 - 05:16 AM

That sucks. As for the flash drive ban. good. I mean it's an easy way to get sensitive material out of the hands of the government into the hands of our enemy.