“More proof that trusting the Feds to protect our information is like hiring Homer Simpson to guard the donuts.”

— Robert X. Cringely

Discussing U.S. government personal data mining at the same time its agencies are losing "hundreds of laptops" with sensitive data <br class="br"> The biggest rubes, boobs, and noobs of 2006, Notes from the Field, InfoWorld, December 15, 2006, 2006-12-15 http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/15/51OPcringely_1.html,

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American technology journalist and columnist 1953

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