Re: Expert urges China visitors to encrypt data

[<Toralv_Dirro () McAfee com>]

Just why do have that feeling that the same recommendation should be
sent out to the world again, just with "China" replaced with "USA"?


cheers,
Toralv
 

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> Subject: [funsec] Expert urges China visitors to encrypt data
>
> " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's blocking of Web sites has 
> embarrassed the International Olympic Committee, but a 
> computer security expert said on Thursday that visitors to 
> Beijing also needed to protect their data from prying eyes.
>
> "People who are going to China should take a clean computer, 
> one with no data at all," said Phil Dunkelberger, chief 
> executive of security software firm PGP Corp.
>
> Travelers carrying smart cell phones, blackberries or laptop 
> computers could unwittingly be offering up sensitive personal 
> or business information to officials who monitor 
> state-controlled telecommunications carriers, Dunkelberger said.
>
> He said that without data encryption, executives could have 
> business plans or designs pilfered, while journalists' lists 
> of contacts could be exposed, putting sources at risk."
> --clip--
>
> More at
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080801/wr_nm/olympics_visitors_en
> cryption_dc
>
> Juha-Matti
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