Re: If you have nothing to hide

From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>

"Why is it that companies have sold products that they know are insecure?" asked Richard Clarke, President Bush's chief cybersecurity adviser.

I would have though he might better concern himself with why is the Government still buying them. Market forces will ensure the supply of whatever is demanded, the US federal and state government is presumably the single largest purchaser in the IT market, yet still seems to be buying plenty of products with dubious security records. Government purchasing changes have and could improve security, where do you think Ctrl-Alt-Delete to login to NT came from, it wasn't the Microsoft usuability department I'm sure. Let him who is without sin.....