topic Re: Purple haze in Industry News

Purple haze

rslade — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 09:06:11 GMT

The NSA gives out promotional Webcam covers. If you've got a purple one (and/or possibly blue), you might not want to rely on it for privacy protection: it's translucent ...

Re: Purple haze

CISOScott — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 15:00:07 GMT

Wait! You mean everyone doesn't test their webcam covers after they put it on?

What is this world coming to?

I guess I am old enough to remember "trust, but verify".

Re: Purple haze

denbesten — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 22:43:09 GMT

I to am old and took this headline in a completely different direction.

Re: Purple haze

Shannon — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 00:41:34 GMT

@CISOScott wrote:

I guess I am old enough to remember "trust, but verify".

Given the way things are in IT these days, my general attitude is 'Trust at your own risk.'

Re: Purple haze

rslade — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 09:05:04 GMT

> denbesten (Advocate I) posted a new reply in Industry News on 02-04-2019 05:43

> I to am old and took this headline in a completely different direction.

I love ambiguity ...

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