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Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a computer'

26 points| monsieurpng | 3 years ago |bbc.com | reply

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[+] mmmuhd|3 years ago|reply
If this should happen in a developing African country like mine, it would have been perceived as outright corruption and will be all oer the news media. Hmmm.
[+] no_where|3 years ago|reply
Computer can't get hacked if you don't have a computer to get hacked. Though it might not be as practical.
[+] mccorrinall|3 years ago|reply
My mathematics professor used a windows 98 (or 95) computer and created the exams in word. Not connected to the internet, obviously.

This was in 2017.

[+] superchroma|3 years ago|reply
An eccentric and irrational part of me feels that this is perfect.
[+] vba616|3 years ago|reply
If I was responsible for the cyber security of a whole country, I certainly would stop using computers.

That's an entirely separate issue from whether a background in computers would be helpful or required.

One thing, you could get hacked, which would at best be embarrassing, and two, when your job is talking to people about important things, the fewer written records the better.

I once naively asked at work why we didn't simply record a regularly scheduled meeting and use voice recognition for a first pass at the notes, instead of having someone take them manually. Even in correcting them, it would be so helpful to be able to rewind and play back a recording. I got an withering look and a comment to the effect that people don't expect to be recorded.

It reminded me of how I read long ago that the official transcript of what is said in Congress gets extensively edited before it is final, even to the point of inserting speeches that weren't made in reality.

[+] faeriechangling|3 years ago|reply
He has the best security posture of any cyber-security minister. He is literally in hackable. A modern day Djikstra working on a medium he didn’t use himself (at first).