Re: Re[2]: Federal agents' visit was a hoax

[Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu>]

--On December 30, 2005 3:27:14 PM +0000 Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> 
wrote:
> > Another hypothesis, given the utterly laughable analysis of the French
> > riots and/or IT security issues offered by the same medias, is that
> > there really is a fundamental problem with medias today.
>
> Anyone with involvement in computer security has known that for many
> years; the difference between what the media says and what we know to be
> the situation is so huge - did you think that this applied to only one
> field?
I think, in general, most people assumed that in the area of general news 
the media did a good job.  It wasn't a surprise to find them struggling 
with technical issues, but it also didn't follow that they would be equally 
not up to the task in general news.  *That* has been a history-changing 
realization for many.

Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/
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