Guido Witmond <gu...@witmond.nl> writes: <snip>
> Dear mr Altman, > > From the link: > > No more Windows XP: Good riddance. > > BigFix: the missing package manager for Windows. What every self > respecting unix/linux/bsd/etc system already has. Good. > > Identity Finder: It gives a baseline scan for all files that contain > personal identifiable information, like credit card numbers (that should > never be on anyones computer at all, not even your own credit card > number) and SSN (likewise). Good. > > Encryption: Good. > > Central file backup: Good. > > > Anything in that document shows the intention of solving many > IT-problems that PC-users face all the time, whether they realise it or not. > I fully acknowledge that they are providing a lot of good here. But in some places they have crossed the line. > And the university does not make it mandatory for private devices. They are making it mandatory, trust me. I attested that I have two private laptops, and they continue to hound me to get them into compliance. > By taking these measures the university take responsibility for any > breaches that happen from now. My thoughts are that if 10% of the campus deals with sensitive information, then by all means isolate and secure that 10%. Why lock down and spy on the rest of the campus; faculty, students, and all? > > There is one question remaining: do you trust the university to handle > this responsibility? Only if faculty and students have a voice in how the system is designed, implemented, and maintained, with transparency and oversight. Otherwise there is no basis for trust. > The answers to that will become clear with how they react when they find > unneccesary PII on a computer. To whom go the reports of > Identity-finder? How are they going to deal with it. > > The intentions may be good, it's all about the actions. > > > Good luck with it. > > Guido. Thank you for your reply. -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
