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Do You Trust Military Contractors To Keep Data Safe? The Story Of Jetblue

Posted on Monday, October 13 at 08:45 by sthompson
Wired has discovered that Torch Concepts, another U.S. defence contractor, used data gathered on private citizens flying with JetBlue in a military effort to test a prototype terrorist screening system.

The similarities to the census situation should give us all pause for thought.

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  1. by Anonymous
    Mon Oct 13, 2003 6:41 pm
    Oh yah! We don\'t even know who to trust in Canada, never mind in a foreign country!

  2. by Dave Ruston
    Mon Oct 13, 2003 7:32 pm
    Oh, yeah, i`d trust these guys to keep our data safe. Just like i`d trust a pedophile to mind the daycare!

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    Dave Ruston

  3. by Anonymous
    Tue Oct 14, 2003 5:37 am
    Or a pig to go on a diet.



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