September 6, 2004
"When Technology Attacks"
The San Diego Tribune has a special feature this week, titled "When Technology Attacks."
"Watch as the rogue iPod fells the unsuspecting information technology manager. See a swarm of tiny "thumb drive" memory devices slip past the corporate firewall to infect the network with viruses and spyware. Don't miss the camera phone as it steals an image of the company's top-secret research project. "
The warnings related to camera phones:
-- Camera phones are becoming ubiquitous, and snapping a picture can be done easily and surreptitiously. More phones are also starting to come with video camera capabilities. There are some stand-alone digital and video cameras that are small enough to be worn on a neck chain.
-- Camera phones can capture details of valuable intellectual property such as schematic drawings or a proprietary manufacturing process.
"Though there are no high-profile cases of personal electronic devices being used in corporate espionage, technology analysts at Forrester Research and Gartner Inc. say the growing popularity of such gadgets creates a real and growing threat to corporate security".
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