This Week in Backspin: The Tao of IT: Lesson 1,266

Opinion
May 22, 20071 min

In Backspin this week we discuss Lesson 1,266 of The Tao of IT: Power corrupts and being in the government means never having to say you’re sorry. The Tao of IT asks: What do you think? Can – not should – we expect the government to uphold high standards where our private data is concerned? Given that private industry’s record of handling personal data is so astoundingly poor is that a reflection of the government’s laxity or is it the other way around – in IT does the public lead and the government follows?