| You non-Germans don't know how mind-boggeling insane this whole story is. There is a governmental agency, the BSI, whose job is to be on top of everything regarding security in information systems. They tell us that millions of email accounts are compromised. What they don't tell us is _which_ accounts are compromised or even what service provider these accounts are with. Maybe the key information here is that the info was leaked in a database hack at a big consumer software company. Who knows? Nobody! That's who. Because they refuse to give any details that would actually be useful to end-users. Now _everybody_ who has an email account is scared that their account is compromised. Do you know what the punchline here is? They said they would give more details, but not before Monday. It might not be obvious to non-Germans, but this little detail reeks of a kind of bureaucratic weirdness that is as German as Beer: I bet they will only release more info on Monday because the person in charge doesen't come into the office before Monday. Sorry if this was a bit ranty, but the whole thing is just so stupid. |