Comments on: Reckless Blogging http://www.infosecpodcast.com/2007/07/reckless-blogging/ Information Security related news, opinions and ramblings Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:44:08 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Highbrid Nation » Blog Archive » The Jena 6 Forgotten: A Product of Over-Zealous Blog/ Internet Tastemakers Wetdream http://www.infosecpodcast.com/2007/07/reckless-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-27933 Highbrid Nation » Blog Archive » The Jena 6 Forgotten: A Product of Over-Zealous Blog/ Internet Tastemakers Wetdream Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:50:48 +0000 http://www.infosecpodcast.com/security/2007/07/reckless-blogging/#comment-27933 [...] With the advent of the blog and personal websites and email before it, the internet granted everyone with a computer a public forum.  Some like the Laura at Persuing Holiness and the Evangelical Outpost have done a magnificent job of presenting the facts and holding folks accountable for their biased opinions but perhaps opinion has no place in news.  And that’s where the blog does a disservice.  We have the platform to provide the world with valuable information, informed opinions about everything from politics to stamp collections.  However we need to be RESPONSIBLE and ACCOUNTABLE. [...] [...] With the advent of the blog and personal websites and email before it, the internet granted everyone with a computer a public forum.  Some like the Laura at Persuing Holiness and the Evangelical Outpost have done a magnificent job of presenting the facts and holding folks accountable for their biased opinions but perhaps opinion has no place in news.  And that’s where the blog does a disservice.  We have the platform to provide the world with valuable information, informed opinions about everything from politics to stamp collections.  However we need to be RESPONSIBLE and ACCOUNTABLE. [...]

]]> By: Chris Harrington http://www.infosecpodcast.com/2007/07/reckless-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-26040 Chris Harrington Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:11:43 +0000 http://www.infosecpodcast.com/security/2007/07/reckless-blogging/#comment-26040 Alan, The military is completely to blame here for putting the data up in this fashion. This was a story in the news that he elaborated on so I do not treat the blogger as a whistleblower. I doubt that the existence of this FTP site is any secret. I am blaming the blogger for pointing out the specifics of the military's mistakes. Specifics that are now in the Google index and could put people in greater danger. We are not talking about some DB admin pointing out a blank SQL password on a database containing social security numbers. Thanks for the comment! --Chris Alan,

The military is completely to blame here for putting the data up in this fashion. This was a story in the news that he elaborated on so I do not treat the blogger as a whistleblower. I doubt that the existence of this FTP site is any secret. I am blaming the blogger for pointing out the specifics of the military’s mistakes. Specifics that are now in the Google index and could put people in greater danger. We are not talking about some DB admin pointing out a blank SQL password on a database containing social security numbers.

Thanks for the comment!

–Chris

]]> By: alan shimel http://www.infosecpodcast.com/2007/07/reckless-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-26039 alan shimel Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:52:29 +0000 http://www.infosecpodcast.com/security/2007/07/reckless-blogging/#comment-26039 Chris - I agree with your frustration but think the military is partially to blame here as well. Why would they put this stuff up on an anon FTP site. It just doesn't make sense. At some level you are blaming the whistle blower for pointing out the mistakes of the military here. Chris – I agree with your frustration but think the military is partially to blame here as well. Why would they put this stuff up on an anon FTP site. It just doesn’t make sense. At some level you are blaming the whistle blower for pointing out the mistakes of the military here.

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