Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Yeah, you've really locked the place down

My office has this sign on the door:


Let's think for a moment about how 1994 this is.  Firstly, every single person in this company is given an HTC smartphone that can hold a micro SD card along with a USB cable that allows the phone to attach to a computer.  My micro SD card holds 16GB, which is enough to hold the entire contents of my computer.  Secondly, every computer in this company is connected to something called the Internet, which means that any file could be sent anywhere in literally dozens of ways.

Oh, and I bring a 30GB iPod to work every day, and today I also brought my camera, which contains an 8GB SD card.

Basically, the way that it works today is that employees sign a legal document in which they agree not to steal information, and companies trust that employees will respect their legal obligations.  The sign on the office door, in contrast, is completely meaningless.

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