A confidential file containing the names of about 4000 AIDS patients was sent from a country health department to a newspaper, presumably by a disgruntled employee. Would this have been less likely to have happened if the names were in paper files, not electronic files? Why? (note: deadline july 11)
Yes, I clearly think that it would be less likely to happen if the names of 4000 AIDS patients were in paper files and not in electronic files. This is due to the fact that electronic files are very flexible to transport as it could be e-mailed through the Internet or saved on portable storage devices that could be carried out of the country health department without giving others suspicions. Whereas, if it is in paper files, it would be harder to send the files out of the department without getting anyone's attention, and encoding it would take alot of time, enough time for other employees to notice and suspect the disgruntled one.
Positive advantage of modern computing can also be used to serve other's grudges, which could make technology very very disadvantageous.
~~~ Rodolfo Eregia, Jr. ~~~
rodolfojreregia@yahoo.com
http://rejr-ofthefuture.blogspot.com
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