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ping

[GregoryFul]

I wonder how many back-doors are being inserted into computer software by our offshore programmers?

[angkor]

Not to mention that whenever customer data goes offshore, it's by statute no longer subject to the privacy and security laws of the United States, e.g., HIPAA regs no longer apply.

BTW, had a very frustrating discussion yesterday with my bank's customer service representative in (I suppose) Bangalore. The telltale Indian accent, overseas hiss on the line, slight delay in voice transmission.

She insisted I'd made an error in validating my account info (I hadn't) but refused to tell me what the problem was, and that "changes" had been made to my account but she couldn't discuss those either. When we finally got to the actual reason for my call, she couldn't explain the transaction in question nor where it came from.

Very helpful people. Not.

[neutrino]

Good article!

Gee, I wonder if our buddies the pakies would engage in a little corporate espionage? Nah, not them! They love us! (/intense sarcasm)

[A. Pole]

While technology now allows companies to have their most sensitive proprietary computer code written overseas, he said the inability of companies to sufficiently vet the personnel involved in these activities can create a "significant vulnerability."

I am sure Chinese and Indian governments can do security clearances if asked.

Pointing out that collectors last year employed a wide variety of techniques in their quest to circumvent US restrictions in the acquisition of sensitive manufacturing processes

No problem. We are so creative that we will invent new technologies faster than they can steal. No need to cry over buggy whips.

[Liz]

outsourcing ping

[Liz]

We must mention on outsourcing threads that Dumbocrats are making this a campaign issue, trying to place the blame on GWB.

In point of fact, we need to be naming names......Dim CEO's who outsource......then donate bigtime to John Kerry with their profits.

I see another Kerry inconsistency here.

You also won't hear Kerry mention Heinz's massive outsourcing of American jobs (listed on their web site).

No problem. We'll do do it for him.

[Iscool]

But then you're making the assumption that we still have old fashioned National Security...

I see it as the general public being light years behind this modern globalsim...The groundwork was laid decades ago when the Americans who heard about globalism were afraid to talk about it in public...It was bad then, it's bad now...

Our gov't leaders have been trading/selling our secrets for some time now...We don't have much left in the way of National Security...The US has become a Nation/State of the World...Someone will probably be in charge of this New World Order...I assume the US gov't figures it will be them...

But I'm thinking it ought to be clear to anyone who looks, we as a people and a nation, mean little more to our "leaders" than the people and nation of India, or China or Burma...

[LibertyAndJusticeForAll]

“While outsourcing of business functions is a growing trend that helps firms cut costs, it also brings potential security risks--particularly when outsourcing involves entities owned and operated abroad,” Robert L. Hitchings, Chairman of the council, which is the US intelligence community's think tank said while addressing the international security management association in Scottsdale.

Bump!

[Henchman]

Just remember all this outsourcing was started by your Governmnet for less Government. They outsourced Government jobs to private industry, Yea! You say; I say nay. It fueles companioes that get the contract for one year, then go belly up and the next entity (same principals) take over and the With held taxes, including Social Security go down the tube.

Then the Gov't wanted to ioutsource the programming of IRS computersa - the bidder - the PENTAGON! Adios privacy, but that was stopped.

So now we gp offshore where there is no privacy, no financial protection, no taxes to the US, no Social Security and NO AMERICAN jobs....of course you can compete with the Illegals and be hired by a Corp. that pays substandard wages and disappears along with the illegals when "ICE" shows up.

Yes we need MORE REPUBLICANS and DEMOCRATS - NOT! Time to keep turning over the politicians getting rid of all incubants as frequently as possible. It will disrupt their Un American activities and they want to steal from us - so they will straighten out if we keep em churned.

[techwench]

i see a potential link here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1102839/posts