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*Thinks the merger between [[Centrifuge]] and [[KSI]] is bad for consumers.
*Thinks the merger between [[Centrifuge]] and [[KSI]] is bad for consumers.
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Most of the terrific advances in security tech we've seen in the last five or eight years, have all come because these two companies [are] in tooth-and-claw competition with each other. Now that there is no more competition, the field is likely to become stagnant. ... In this business, stagnant means vulnerable to attack.
Most of the terrific advances in security tech we've seen in the last five or eight years, have all come because these two companies [are] in tooth-and-claw competition with each other. Now that there is no more competition, the field is likely to become stagnant. ... In this business, stagnant means vulnerable to attack.
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*Thinks it is a good thing [[Gregory Dempsey]] has been let go from his position at [[Centrifuge]]
*Thinks it is a good thing [[Gregory Dempsey]] has been let go from his position at [[Centrifuge]]
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Clearly the research team hasn't been ensuring adequate security, from all of these reports we're hearing. ... Releasing this generation of keys now would border on criminal negligence.
Clearly the research team hasn't been ensuring adequate security, from all of these reports we're hearing. ... Releasing this generation of keys now would border on criminal negligence.
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===References===
===References===
*'''Perplex City Sentinel'''
*'''Perplex City Sentinel'''
**article, 21-MAR-05, "[[Centrifuge]] Buys [[KSI]]" ([http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2005/03/centrifuge_buys.html link])
**article, 21-MAR-05, "[[Centrifuge]] Buys [[KSI]]" {{WaybackS1|www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2005/03/centrifuge_buys.html}}
**article, 27-JUN-05 "[[Key]] [[Gregory Dempsey|Developer]] Axed" ([http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2005/06/key_developer_a_1.html link])
**article, 27-JUN-05 "[[Key]] [[Gregory Dempsey|Developer]] Axed" {{WaybackS1|www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2005/06/key_developer_a_1.html}}

Latest revision as of 23:05, 11 May 2007

General

  • Spokeperson for the consumer advocacy group SafeHouse
  • Something of an alarmist; still, her heart is in the right place.
  • Thinks the merger between Centrifuge and KSI is bad for consumers.

Most of the terrific advances in security tech we've seen in the last five or eight years, have all come because these two companies [are] in tooth-and-claw competition with each other. Now that there is no more competition, the field is likely to become stagnant. ... In this business, stagnant means vulnerable to attack.

Clearly the research team hasn't been ensuring adequate security, from all of these reports we're hearing. ... Releasing this generation of keys now would border on criminal negligence.

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