US Soldiers Expose Nuclear Weapons Secrets via Flashcard Apps

Re:US Soldiers Expose Nuclear Weapons Secrets via Flashcard ... by lowbloodsugar on Friday May 28, 2021 @06:15PM (#27321161)

Once had a conversation with a soldier who handled IT on base. He told me that officers could and did demand that he bypass security, VPNs, etc and install software of their choice to use it on their computers. They outrank him, and "that's against policy" was not an argument. This was maybe ten years ago. Sounds like things have only got worse.

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Re:US Soldiers Expose Nuclear Weapons Secrets via Flashcard ... by throwaway3neu94 on Saturday May 29, 2021 @03:16PM (#27327553)

Sad that it works like this.

As an engineer, I got some training by legal, followed up by a high level exec explaining to us that in this context, we report only to legal and are required to say "no" to engineering leadership when something would go against legal's policies.

Also I think the military has something similar with medical officers.

So it could be done right.

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Re:US Soldiers Expose Nuclear Weapons Secrets via Flashcard ... by matheusmoreira on Saturday May 29, 2021 @12:23AM (#27323010)

I wonder who would be held responsible in case of security breaches. The IT soldier? The soldier who outranked him? Both?

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