Comments on: U.K. military issues iPod ban to foil data thieves

Ministry of Defense worried that Apple's portable music player, with its large storage capacity, could be used by spies.

UK Defense denied this story last night

See here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3891421.stm

I've also noticed a lot of the headlines for the articles are way off base. Me thinks this place has become a waste o' time.

[Bob Hail]

Military iPods

Unbelievable, yet again another article fabricated by IT Consultants looking to create fear uncertainty and doubt. Next we'll realise the weakness is the human element - at Nammer and Hail we have been working on strategies to recruit people that we trust! Hence they can bring their ipods into work! We hope this trust thing catches on...

Bob Hail

Mr Hail I think you are very mistaken

You've missed the entire point!!!

How easy would it be for your trusted employee (i'm sure they are all good and law abiding) to lose their ipod or any other media device for that matter (camera, usb thumb drive, cd etc) in the seat of a taxi and bang goes your information without your trusted employee having done anything malicious.

it is about human error, stop being so shortsighted and cynical!!

Just another pile of dog plog

designed to undermine the fabulous success of the iPod. Who in their right mind wouldn't take music over the military morbidity anyway! it really is time to write them of for Olympic competitions. Besides it hasn't happened so they should strengthened their weaknesses before exercising their odascious rights to deny the innocent. Have they banned Airplanes yet! Stop the bums not the iPod. What next the dark ages? If so who is the criminal