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a big computer-based firm (banks, brokerage, insurance etc),
> then you are guaranteed to have a huge amount of proprietary/confidential
> files flowing out of your Internet connection via email.
>
> Even if you tell them again and again that it is monitored and they will
> be fired for misuse.
>
> Even if you fire people.
>
> Even if you prosecute them.
>
> It appears to be just like the general population and regular crime.
>
> All sites' management expressed confidence that repeated warnings and
> firings would soon stop the proprietary/confidential transfers.
>
> It turned out to be like saying if we have a slew of laws against
> crime and throw many people in prison, crime will soon stop.
>
> Well, it sounded reasonable when the managers said it about warning people
> email was being monitored and firing people.
>
> Even I was amazed at how wrong they were.
>
> That it didn't slack off (for more than two weeks) after warning people
> again and again.
Remember the Bob Brain report? Here's another slice:
> Note that this email occurred days after Brain's area had been
> notified that their traffic was being watched.
>
> date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 15:55:42 -0400
> From: Bob Brain nnn-nnnn <bob@poison>
> To: <Harvard female>
>
> We were notified today in a firm-wide memo that our email going in/out
> the Internet is now being monitored. Big brother has arrived.
>
>
> Sender: bob@tridenthead2
> date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 18:04:48 -0400
> From: bob@tridenthead2 (Bob Brain nnn-nnnn)
> Recipient: S...@XXX.com
>
> I've been thinking about it for a while, and I'm pretty sure I'm going
> to resign at Salomon shortly.
>
> A couple more big clients for our WWW site and even though it's less
> than half of
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