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  1. Comment - Who needs hackers? Palin e-mail hack reveals obvious vulnerability

    (Sep 19, 2008 - 5:17 PM)

    Oh dear...In defense of the other self identifed Alaskan here - who happens to be the female co-owner of a computer networking solutions company and spends much of her day creating and managing security systems for a lot of Alaska businesses and is therefore probably somewhat rabid on the subject of security- concern about the possibility that Governor Palin used a private email account to conduct government business IS the hot topic up here. Concern that the governor -self avowedly- used a private email account, that was now verifiably VERY vulnerable to hacking , to conduct her rightfully private policy delibrative processes is a hot topic up here.
    Whether there was anything "worth" finding by the hacker at the TIME of the incident doesn't answer Alaskans' questions concerning the governor's assertions that she has used that account to develop policy -in what we now know was such a vulnerable environment nor does it solve the growing questions about whether she has used it to conduct state business, which is illegal- also in a vulnerable environment.
    I will fall short of praising the hacker- because I just can't abide smart alecks- but I do think shining a light on the all too obvious vulnerability of private email accounts makes us all nervous and events like this are reminders to stay vigilant. I want my governor to stay vigilant too...

  2. Comment - Who needs hackers? Palin e-mail hack reveals obvious vulnerability

    (Sep 19, 2008 - 3:13 PM)

    While the technical issues regarding protection of PERSONAL email accounts are of importance to us all, public figure or no, it is Governor Palin's possible use of a personal account to conduct GOVERNMENT business which concerns us in Alaska.
    Alaskans want to know if she really did bypass the secure state system to "protect" her rightful ability to conduct delibrative processes out of public view , while developing policy, on SUCH an easy-to-crack email account. agh!