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Yeh, those darn "workers"...can't eliminate them as risks, ...
... can't shoot 'em.

There's some deeper truth to this story that's new and technology-driven, but mostly it's a new variation on the old decision: Do you trust the people who work for you, or not?

It's not a black and white question. There are degrees of trust, and locking down configurations to prevent USB attachment could be seen as a way of protecting people from themselves. But it takes work to define and maintain those configs (regardless of your platform), and you just can't do it if you take the "IT doesn't matter" paradigm to heart.

Personally, I prefer not to work for companies who are so buttoned-down that I can't plug in a USB hard drive -- but that's mostly because it's been my experience that corporate backups are basically worthless, so I want my own backup workaround. If the IT staff is good and gets the support it needs to solve issues like that, then I have less of a problem.
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News Flash  Letophoro | 07/06/04
iPods don't kill people :P  JakAttak | 07/06/04
Same can be applied  Linux User 147560 | 07/06/04
What about email? I can email from my work account to my account at home.  Laff | 07/07/04
You can't E-Mail the entire Windows source kit  Atlant | 07/07/04
I was thinking more in terms of documents and such that the company might  Laff | 07/07/04
Oh Please  issthatso | 07/06/04
Coming soon...  gtdworak | 07/06/04
ZDPravda does it again!  mlindl | 07/06/04
What's Pravda?  mlindl | 07/06/04
As the Russians used to say: ...  escoles@... | 07/07/04
Silly Zdnet, you killed the article punch by iPod tie-in  FilledOut | 07/06/04
Article length and title  rkadowns | 07/06/04
An interesting diversion....  AbsolutelyNot | 07/06/04
Generic names  tic swayback | 07/06/04
ZDNet is trying to kill 2 birds...  Rick_K | 07/06/04
... so, like, maybe that was the point?  escoles@... | 07/07/04
Other Nefarious Devices  MonsterPuppy | 07/06/04
Interesting  mpaskus | 07/06/04
When do Body Condoms go on sale?  BitTwiddler | 07/06/04
Yeh, those darn "workers"...can't eliminate them as risks, ...  escoles@... | 07/07/04
But you CAN teach them uppity workers a leason  Laff | 07/07/04
FLASH! Pencil and paper can be security risk...  YuridaMan | 07/07/04
And? Whats New?  Dreaded Eddie | 07/08/04
Typical! Blast Apple's tiny share of the problem.  macbill | 07/08/04
Anal Probes & Memory Mind Melds  SirAndre007 | 07/08/04
you mean like LAPTOPS  V Sanders | 07/10/04
you mean like POKET PC  V Sanders | 07/10/04

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