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BMT (RIP)
07-11-2007, 17:27
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19715875/
BMT
I can only shake my head.
The Reaper
07-11-2007, 18:01
I would think that you could get the same imagery, or better from Google Earth or Terraserver.
Given the many sites where imagery is already available, what is the concern?
TR
From the article: The AP's discovery led the agency to ask all its contractors to immediately put such material under password protection. In fact, all the agencies and contractors contacted by the AP have either shut down their FTP sites, secured them with a password or pledged to install other safeguards to ensure the documents are no longer accessible.
Passwords are notoriously weak. And merely securing the FTP site is far from sufficient.
x-factor
07-11-2007, 18:14
There's no way to tell from the article what kind of imagery it was.
In anycase, I think its the schematics and technical drawings that were the bigger concern.