On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 14:42 -0700, Bob Axtell wrote:
> I agree. But police employees are not capable of doing that with any 
> degree of reliability.

Of course they can. VPN is VERY popular these days, presenting a login
screen is something ANY computer user is used to.

Of course, their IT department needs to set up the computer, but that's
done anyways.

> The possible consequences far outway the possibility of immeasurable 
> damage. Imagine
> reporters having complete access to secret surveillance image files 
> through hacking. Boggles
> the mind.

Since it's clearly a very illegal activity it's unlikely any respectable
news organization would do something like that much.

That said, wrapping a VPN around the connection would pretty much
eliminate that problem.

Ignoring all this, that sort of information has been stolen for decades
through other means, adding wireless to the mix wouldn't have much
effect.

TTYL

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