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Ex FT here. The FT uses a modern(ish) communication stack. Gapps and slack throughout. So if this ia a work feed, then that raises interesting issues. However
by KaiserPro 9y ago
Ex FT here.
The FT uses a modern(ish) communication stack. Gapps and slack throughout. So if this ia a work feed, then that raises interesting issues. However I suspect this is based on her private devices.
For certain journalist there is a "secure room" (well its not a room yet, that comes later) with isolated throwawy hardware for viewing potentially insteresting files. But I don't shes not part of that team.
- exikyut 9y agoI'm idly curious what the throwaway rate is on that hardware. Heh. And chances are there are some security researchers who wouldn't mind diverting those devices from the trash... (My curiosity honestly probably stems from the fact that I'm always on the lookout for unorthodox ways to upgrade my own _very_ old tech)
- gatmne 9y agoIf you're in a situation where throwaway-hardware makes sense, you'll care how the throwing-away is actually done. While not throwaway hardware, the company I work for destroys hard drives and other persistent memory devices before discarding computers. If the persistent memory device cannot be easily and reliably destroyed, the whole device is. I bet journalists with sensitive information are far more thorough.
- KaiserPro 9y agoeverything is net booted, with no HDDs (at least that was the plan, it wasnt my project) destruction is rather fun actually, after wiping, memory/disk is removed and taken apart manually. lots of magnets to play with.
- keithalewis 9y agoEx FT for not spellchecking what they paid you to write?
- scoot 9y agoYo seem to assume that everyone working at a news outlet is a journalist. IT, legal, finance, HR, facilities, production, sales, marketing, distribution...
- KaiserPro 9y agoYour kind words of encouragement are most appreciated I'm not a journo. More importantly the browser I was using didn't have a working spell check. This all compounds the obvious, which is; I can't spell for shit, and my proof reading is also notably weak.
- tehlike 9y agoHopefully we will start looking beyond how something is said. What is said is more important.
- asadlionpk 9y agoThis was from WeChat (as told in the second tweet)