BF2S Forums Marines Ban Twitter, MySpace, Facebook

Red Forman wrote:

jaymz9350 wrote:

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

As far as security it poses the same risk, if not greater on their personal comps.

Well from what I gathered it will be banned from their personal pc's if it's internet is through the gov't network, the artical never stated banned from gov't pc's but from their network.  If your on base i'm guessing your on their network not your own.

Nope.  Bases are on Time Warner, Comcast, etc.  Just like the rest of the world.  So, just on their networks.  You can't use your PC on the work network and visit facebook.  How is this greater risk?

there's always a way round.  Ask Jsnipy.

article wrote:

...exposes unnecessary information to adversaries and provides an easy conduit for information leakage that puts OPSEC [operational security], COMSEC [communications security], [and] personnel… at an elevated risk of compromise.”

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Flaming_Maniac wrote:

article wrote:

...exposes unnecessary information to adversaries and provides an easy conduit for information leakage that puts OPSEC [operational security], COMSEC [communications security], [and] personnel… at an elevated risk of compromise.”

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Sorry, the most of the articles I've seen site malicious software threats as the primary reason. 
Internet and OPSEC is a very complex topic, with many orders already on the books.

Chorcai wrote:

Its kinda unfair to block everything, I think they should host their own "facebook" etc etc site, they could control it then and let the guys have some outlet I guess.

If it was govt controlled then it would not be facebook or Gheyspace anymore. The reason they uses facebook is to keep in toutch with their famillies and such, wich is good for the moral but eh...

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