1. Jul 25th, 2008

    The bizarre SF passwords saga

    This is turning out to be quite a saga. SF upset that they got locked out of their own network by one of their employees. “Rogue” I think the term was. His lawyer makes some posturing remark:

    Childs intends to disprove the charges against him but also “expose the utter mismanagement, negligence, and corruption at DTIS, which if left unchecked, will in fact place the City of San Francisco in danger,” his motion reads.

    Co-workers express sympathy, judging from experience, I guess:

    There is a lot of sympathy, only because there is a basic feeling that management misunderstand what we actually do and doesn’t appreciate the complexity of the work.

    I only read part of the saga, and this didn’t go to court yet, so I shouldn’t take sides, but it’s hard. Especially after SF proves it shouldn’t be trusted with these passwords:

    Though they placed the passwords in the public record, city prosecutors do seem to think that they are sensitive.

    Seriously?

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