Comments on: Workers fired from AOL after breach http://rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net/2006/08/22/workers-fired-from-aol-after-breach/ World Outside my Window is a blog about controversial topics, blogging, humor, daily life, and the world as I see it. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:57:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Damnz! http://rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net/2006/08/22/workers-fired-from-aol-after-breach/comment-page-1/#comment-5659 Damnz! Mon, 04 Sep 2006 18:28:05 +0000 http://rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net/2006/08/22/workers-fired-from-aol-after-breach/#comment-5659 I've seen this story dugg and blogged about, but never seemed to get right.. Untill you showed up with this blog entry atleast :D. --Damnz! I’ve seen this story dugg and blogged about, but never seemed to get right.. Untill you showed up with this blog entry atleast :D .

–Damnz!

]]> By: Dayngr http://rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net/2006/08/22/workers-fired-from-aol-after-breach/comment-page-1/#comment-5317 Dayngr Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:30:01 +0000 http://rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net/2006/08/22/workers-fired-from-aol-after-breach/#comment-5317 I'm not surprised in the the least. I left AOL after my personal information was given to several people in a chat room by an employee serving as a moderator for the chat room. Imagine my surprise to have my private information plastered all over a chat room filled with strangers. Nice. When I called to complain their response to me was "don't go back to the chat room". When I said that the issue wasn't the chat room but the employee who accessed my info. They further insulted my intelligence by saying (referring to the chat room) "Well, if you knew that a park was dangerous would you walk through it alone at night". They just didn't grasp the concept that the issue wasn't that the people in the chat room had my private info but that the info they recieved was only known by people @ AOL. They refused to even take the time to look into the issue. Most good companies can track which employees are accessing accounts. I'm sure if AOL took security as seriously as they like ot portray in their commercials they would have looked into this issue. In the end I left AOL and made sure I never referred a single soul to them ever again. As a computer instructor I made sure to guide my adult students away from AOL. I like to think of AOL as the McDonalds of the internet. Billions served but what they get is pretty crappy and potentially bad for you. I’m not surprised in the the least. I left AOL after my personal information was given to several people in a chat room by an employee serving as a moderator for the chat room. Imagine my surprise to have my private information plastered all over a chat room filled with strangers. Nice.

When I called to complain their response to me was “don’t go back to the chat room”. When I said that the issue wasn’t the chat room but the employee who accessed my info. They further insulted my intelligence by saying (referring to the chat room) “Well, if you knew that a park was dangerous would you walk through it alone at night”. They just didn’t grasp the concept that the issue wasn’t that the people in the chat room had my private info but that the info they recieved was only known by people @ AOL. They refused to even take the time to look into the issue.

Most good companies can track which employees are accessing accounts. I’m sure if AOL took security as seriously as they like ot portray in their commercials they would have looked into this issue.

In the end I left AOL and made sure I never referred a single soul to them ever again. As a computer instructor I made sure to guide my adult students away from AOL. I like to think of AOL as the McDonalds of the internet. Billions served but what they get is pretty crappy and potentially bad for you.

]]> By: Bob! http://rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net/2006/08/22/workers-fired-from-aol-after-breach/comment-page-1/#comment-5048 Bob! Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:22:38 +0000 http://rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net/2006/08/22/workers-fired-from-aol-after-breach/#comment-5048 Is it just me or does the word scapegoat jump to mind. I'm wondering just how responsible these people actually were for this, although I doubt we'll ever here the trueth about this idiocy. Is it just me or does the word scapegoat jump to mind. I’m wondering just how responsible these people actually were for this, although I doubt we’ll ever here the trueth about this idiocy.

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