Comments on: High Tech Devices Pose Issues For Government

By: Zippo

Zippo — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 01:26:04 +0000

Ya gotta read this; the whole thing. Scary!

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/11/27/e-mail-privacy-or-piracy/

By: Zippo

Zippo — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:12:50 +0000

We are getting silver for the price of gold

By: ericn1300

ericn1300 — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:07:46 +0000

It seems rather silly that cell phones would be considered a source of information about whom called whom when you wouldn’t have had that information available from a land line without a warrant. It seems to me that a caller has a reasonable expectation of privacy as to the nature of the call or the recipient of the call even if the phone is paid for by the public and does not exceed the plan. Really now, what is the difference between a desk phone and a cell phone, they both serve the same purpose.

EDITOR NOTE–The issue is not the phone. The issue is the RECORD. The information transmitted on a desk top e-mail is a public record. If a desk phone has a caller I.D. device, the RECORD of who called is a public document. There is no expectation of privacy when using publicly funded devices. The intent of the post is to expose the issues created by technology.

By: county prayer part 2

county prayer part 2 — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:51:21 +0000

September 30, 2012 from the Idaho Statesman regarding Chris Rich’s (Ada County Clerk/Auditor/Recorder) statement regarding the $2 million paid to Dynamis:

“We process the paperwork,” said Rich. “We rely on experts within the county to approve the payments.”

Burns is the County’s only internal auditor. Is this an expert he is relying on?

Here is the church web site Burns has her Ada County number listed:
http://www.eastwindcc.com/ministry_leaders.asp

EDITOR NOTE–The auditor audited the auditor which got things fixed fast–thanks to your comment. The county number was put on the church website without the knowledge of the employee and was quickly removed once you brought it to the attention of Chris Rich…and another 1,000 readers.

By: county prayer

county prayer — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:24:33 +0000

A government telephone number is listed on a local church web site to call for prayers. Apparently the public can call Ada County’s internal auditor at Ada County’s telephone 287-6874 at the county courthouse and get a prayer. Not sure if you can only get a prayer from 8 to 5, Monday thru Friday while she’s on taxpayer dollars payroll or if her government telephone line is transferred to her private cell or home phone during the evenings and weekends? Does she give the offerings/donations to the church or to Ada County?

By: idahocrystal

idahocrystal — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:57:48 +0000

Public phones = public records. This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone especially in light of recent events pertaining to the Feds “policies” and the 2 Generals.

Most agencies adhere a standard Gov’t property usage warning/statement that may or may not be clear to users whose cell phones are provided on the public dime. There’s an unwritten policy that’s standard CYA as far as users needing to consider the “spin factor” from which the public or media might judge what’s acceptable usage and what’s not.

In fact, everyone’s records *could* be used, whether knowingly or not. The potential for hacking or court order is there.

The best personal policy remains – If you don’t want everyone to know, don’t do it/tell it/text it or talk about it…