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Napolitano on Her Personal Cybersecurity: ‘I Just Don’t Use Email at All’
cnsnews.com ^ | 9/28/12 | cnsnews.com

Posted on 09/28/2012 12:50:28 PM PDT by ColdOne

(CNSNews.com) - During a cybersecurity summit hosted by the National Journal in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano revealed that she doesn’t use email at all.

“Don’t laugh, but I just don’t use email at all,” Napolitano said when asked about her personal cyber security.

Shane Harris, senior writer for the Washingtonian, asked the secretary if she integrates two-layer authentication with her email and whether she has multiple passwords for her accounts.

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: bigsisemail; napolitano; napolitanoemail
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1 posted on 09/28/2012 12:50:34 PM PDT by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne
“Don’t laugh, but I just don’t use email at all,” Napolitano said when asked about her personal cyber security.

That's confidence inspiring...
2 posted on 09/28/2012 12:51:42 PM PDT by verum ago (Hey UN: Molon Labe applies to our dollars, too!)
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To: ColdOne
Janetalia lets her fingers do the walking.


3 posted on 09/28/2012 12:55:12 PM PDT by Iron Munro (US Embassies Come and Go But An Obama Apology Lasts Forever)
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To: ColdOne

I’ll bet she’s lying.

Again.


4 posted on 09/28/2012 12:56:52 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (PRAY for this country like your life depends on it......because it DOES!)
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To: ColdOne

I don’t believe her. I just think she would be foolish to admit to any security precautions in public; that would just be like throwing down the gauntlet to hackers.


5 posted on 09/28/2012 12:57:43 PM PDT by ottbmare (The OTTB Mare)
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To: ColdOne

Well, I am not laughing. That actually explained a lot.

A Lot!

Bring back the Pony Express. Cavalry Ho!


6 posted on 09/28/2012 12:58:37 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: ColdOne

That would explain a lot...


7 posted on 09/28/2012 12:59:22 PM PDT by seanmerc
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To: Brad's Gramma

Her lips were moving. She couldn’t go through a work day without email. She has none that are saved, probably wiped immediately for future prosecutions.


8 posted on 09/28/2012 1:02:37 PM PDT by nobamanomore
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To: verum ago

it’s because it has mail in it , she likes the ladies


9 posted on 09/28/2012 1:05:23 PM PDT by molson209
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To: ColdOne

If she refuses to participate in the “cyber” world (IMHO it’s a goofy term so I put it in quotes-we mean computers/internet), she should certainly should not be in charge of this goofy Homeland Security Dept, the responsibilities and authorities of which include this security that she refuses to submit herself to.

Of course, it’s a convenient excuse to have no record of emails - no trail of evidence.


10 posted on 09/28/2012 1:12:41 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves.)
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To: ColdOne

About as inspriring as hearing a nineteenth century Wells Fargo official say he never travels by train.

Incompetence, thy name is Napolitano.


11 posted on 09/28/2012 1:13:42 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: ColdOne

She simply misspoke. She meant to say, “I’ve had all my official DHS E-mail communications erased.”


12 posted on 09/28/2012 1:16:59 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: ColdOne

I wonder if email @dhs.gov is safe. Who likes to goto those sites here on Freerepublic...


13 posted on 09/28/2012 1:17:05 PM PDT by Baseballguy (If we knew what we know now in Oct would we do anything different?)
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To: seanmerc

Even if true (and we all know it’s not true) SHE IS UNQUALIFIED TO DO HER JOB AS HEAD OF DHS IF SHE DOESN’T USE E-MAIL.


14 posted on 09/28/2012 1:19:48 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: ottbmare
She may not be lying. Email, even if it leaks to no one who was not intended to get it, leaves a trail that later investigators or FOIA requests might discover.

"Never write [or email] if you can speak; never speak if you can nod; never nod if you can wink." Martin Lomasney, Democratic ward boss/alderman/etc. in Boston.

Let's just call her Winky Napolitano.

15 posted on 09/28/2012 1:29:53 PM PDT by slowhandluke (It's hard to be cynical enough in this age.)
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To: nobamanomore

Right, if she really doesn’t use email, it’s not because of cybersecurity concerns, it’s because she knows it’s too easy for them to be used as evidence against her.


16 posted on 09/28/2012 1:30:16 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: verum ago

Couriers carry her communications out to the world on thumb drives...


17 posted on 09/28/2012 2:45:40 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: ColdOne

She uses Carrier Lesbians.


18 posted on 09/28/2012 2:48:19 PM PDT by Deb (If you wanna laugh everyday, follow Deepak Chopra on Twitter)
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To: ColdOne

The coolest hippest administration ever!


19 posted on 09/28/2012 3:00:53 PM PDT by ari-freedom
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To: slowhandluke
But I don't believe anything she says. Why should this be an exception?
20 posted on 09/28/2012 5:37:44 PM PDT by ottbmare (The OTTB Mare)
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