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by fluxit 1 view

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With the advent of information technologies has come an increasing number of crimes that reach right into your life. Some of these crimes are just vamped up crimes that have been around forever. For example sex crimes of various forms, identity theft, and scams of various types. There are of course newer crimes as well such as hacking and denial of service but that may only be the tip of the iceberg.

The point being that we have only touched the surface on these emerging technologies, thier vulnerabilities and applications. As more and more technological solutions pour into the marketplace in the decades to come not only will we have more vulnerabilities to contend with but also there will be a blurring of reality. Will you being talking to a person or machine? If a machine where will it be located? Could this be the revival of 'Max Headroom' but only look like a real person on the video phone? Could friends and family be impostered then lure unsuspecting victims into cons? Who knows what is possible.

Should homeland defense be involved in new product development to help ensure the integrity of emerging technologies? For example, be a participating member of the IEEE and RFC boards.

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by fluxit

There is a really good VHS tape on cyber-warfare at http://www.Amazon.com called 'Cyber-Warriors'. It is a little old, circa 1998, but some sections demonstrate very well what can be done in the Information realm.

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by tekichan

Actually there is a cyber crime not involving only computational technology. Let's see the following example;

A: XXX Ltd. May I help you?
B: I am a technican of XXX Ltd. Asia Sector. I have to check the availablity of servers on your side. Might you give me your account and password, please?
A: Password? Ok, we are colleague. My account is xxx and password is xxx.
B: Thanks. Bye.

Look! the hacker B got A's account and password and invaded XXX Ltd's servers by normal actions. It is terrible, isn't it?

by fluxit

This appears to be an admin that let his guard down. But this type of thing is a common issue. One company out in Pheonix had thier servers stolen by a company that showed up in vans, wore uniforms, and commented that they were there to service the system. They walked out with the servers and hard drives. No one suspected a thing until three days later when everyone came to work on Monday. Bottom line was that someone just let them in the door.

I had a situation once where I had terminated an employee on Friday. Monday morning I got in early to let the business manager know. Unfortunately, the employee met the business manager in the parking lot and walked up with her into the office. I was in another room and by time I found out he had walked with $10,000 in software and trashed the computer room by unplugging stuff cables and power cords.

Timely communications and good security practices are important.

by fluxit

I am sure that Microsoft can secure thier technology after about 10,000 patches and a version upgrade.

Is the California state and county government any better?

by ozmedia

you don't know anything. Everything about the united states sucks. especially miami it sucks. I know what's best. I know everything. I do everything. I'm so smart. nobody is smarter than me.

by oz_media

Someone has chosen to mimick my old alias and piss everyone off.

Oz Media is a registered company name, legal and TR action will be applied to resolve the issue.

You know I would have offered a MUCH longer and scathing answer if that's what I thought. He isn't even sarcastic or stupidly witty!

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