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YOU are the threat: True confessions of real-life sysadmins

Cynic_999

I see what you are saying, but to use your own analogy, would you really be happy with a babysitter who painted your living-room purple and replaced all the meat in your refrigerator with vegetables and nuts because in her opinion purple was a far better colour than magnolia, and eating meat was unhealthy or unethical?

Sure, you can recommend certain things to your boss and explain why you think they are necessary, but at the end of the day if the boss says that he wants people to be able to transfer data via USB sticks, you will have to actively facilitate it.

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