Brimmk wrote:
I kinda have to agree with Shane for the most part, it's not really hilarious and some people's lives are at stake. Some of the documents are truly very interesting, like the fact that other middle-eastern countries are also nervous about Iran being nuclear (as they should be, super-fundamentalist anythings and possible WMD's or dirty bombs are not something you want together). The irony here is you don't see other countries being "this careless", but they are usually just as if not more, it's just there are less people that either can or will get the word out (ex. China w/ censorship).
On the other hand, if you were to just find a briefcase full of top-secret documents belonging to, let's say the CIA, you probably read what's in it and then either give it back to them, sell it back to the CIA or sell it so someone else then flee the country. I think this just is one more example that shows the need of both an Internet Government (with security officers and other agents). Along with a complete internet rework with resources for these agents and office-holders, more IP adresses, and an easier, more practical and safer navigation system that would be much harder to spoof or phish with.
Steve Gibson for President of the Internet
Why do you guys always presume other countries are the same there just not "free" enough to abuse it? What about the entire European continent? Australia? Japan? Canada? You can guarentee your gov isn't alone in records like this. I'm betting almost all countries have them. Guarentee we do.
Taking care of him will do nothing. Someone else will step up and take over. Gotta solve the actual problem and that's the information getting out to people like this guy.
As for policing the internet. How? Whos in charge of that then? How do you control something like the internet? They can't even stop films being leaked or albums and they put people in prison for that ****. No chance in hell they'll have any effect. It'll be a huge drain on money and people.