Today's Computerworld has an article headlined, "VA efforts to bolster laptop security stymied by lawsuits" which reports that 3 class-action lawsuits filed in the aftermath of the Veterans Administration's loss and subsequent recovery of a laptop with sensitive information on 26.5 million veterans has prevented the VA from altering their laptops. Updating antivirus tools and adding encryption can be considered evidence tampering.
Quoting from the article: Tim McLain, VA General Counsel said, "So until the courts rule on the issue, the VA's plans to implement new security measures on laptops are on hold. "It is a delay, not a moratorium."
One part of my brain is thinking, "OK, this makes sense - don't disturb the evidence" and another part of brain turns from what it was doing and says, "Are you nuts?!"
Well yes I am, but it looks as though I have company. (Unwritten rules require that posts dealing with the law quote Charles Dickens (Oliver Twist): ""If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, "the law is an ass, a idiot." )
A random mental walk.
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