New experiments using Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle extend the range of quantum cryptography, an advanced method of communicating in unbreakable code. Finding a way to keep snoops from tapping into other people’s information is a challenge that has gone to the subatomic level. First proposed in 1984, quantum cryptography (QC) promises to send
Whether government, corporate or faith-based file security is important.
No matter the denomination, church file security is especially important because it may not only deal with money, and privacy but the sanctity of the church community. The member, guest and family information must be protected just as much as the preacher, reverend, deacons, bishops, nuns, and/or administrators.
Coordination of church file security:
It is important to first identify what are the churches sensitive data. You may have in your mind what is or isn’t important files to protect for the church, but you may not have the authority or prerogative to make such an important determination. Even if you do, it important to get ideas from the staff and or clergy of what files should be protected and what level of protection should be considered. And interview or meeting with information owners is the first step.
Access to the church files:
Anyone with access to the church files should sign a user license agreement. This is a standard for security no matter what organization you enter. This is to make sure that those who are trusted with access understand what they can and can not do when entering the system. Items in a basic user license agreement include: what can be copied and/or installed on the system, what can and can not be done while accessing church files, whether or not church files are monitored for heightened security. User License agreements are usually done when multiple people have access to a medium to large network with critical resource (i.e. privacy data, financial information, sensitive data). They are also done for software, website/forum and data base access.
You can find examples of a user license agreement on the Internet.
What Church Files to Protect:
Files in a church community may include mission, member, drive, donation and service information that need to be protected. Any files dealing with any money should be protected always. Personal files of church members should be protected as well as data bases with potentially sensitive information. Even if the church has NO sensitive information, the files that allow any access from the Internet (such as webpages or ftp files and folders) should protected with various levels of security including: Username password (don’t EVER use anonymous for FTP), mandatory user registrations, and file permission lock down.
The reason this is important even for churches with no sensitive information, is that some malicious hackers like to use other organizations resources to upload viruses, spam, scams and pornography.
Regulations to consider:
The Privacy Act of 1974 make it mandatory to protect the personal information of all individuals
No agency shall disclose any record which is contained in a system of records by any means of communication to any person, or to another agency, except pursuant to a written request by, or with the prior written consent of, the individual to whom the record pertains, MORE
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is another important law to consider when addressing church file security. Among other things, HIPAA deals with the protection of peoples medical and health history.
File Permission:
Files that are sensitive for a church should have some permissions assigned to them to allow only authorized users (system administrators, missionaries, clergy, secretaries) access. This is one part of the access control. Most operating systems have this capability. Don’t forget that not only computers need to be protected, routers, switches and databases also need adequate security.
> Dear Sir,
>
> I am Barrister Mike Adaeze, a Lawyer in the Federal Republic
> of Nigeria. I am the personal Attorney to late Mr.G.Mckee
> who was a government agent in transferring of money secretly
> for federal government officials; he was also a merchant on
> petroleum products and solid minerals.
>
> This client of mine, His wife and their only child died in
> an auto crash on their way to Badagry Beach here in Nigeria
> on a weekend 23rd September 2001.Before his death On the
> 23rd September 2001, My client deposited the sum of (USD$15
> Million Cash) with a security And finance company,
> hoping to transfer it to his country as soon as he is on
> vacation.
>
> Since his death I have made several enquiries to locate any
> of my late client’s relative but this has proved unsuccessful.
>
> After these several unsuccessful attempts, I have decided to
> trace a trust worthy Foreigner over the Internet who can
> claim this money left behind by my client as a “next of kin”
> before it gets confiscated by the Security Company where it
> was deposited hence I cannot claim it myself.
>
> The Security and Finance Company where the money was
> deposited has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin
> or have the deposit confiscated within the next few official
> working days.
>
> Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any real relative
> of my late client, I beg you to claim this money since you
> are a foreigner. This (15million dollars) will be handed
> over to you and then both of us will share the Money.
>
> I will get the necessary legal documents that will be used
> to back up your claim as all I require is your honest
> cooperation morally, and financially to enable us see that
> this deal went through. I guarantee that this will be
> executed under a legitimate time arrangement that will
> protect you from any breach of the law.
>
> Please get in touch with me by email with your Telephone and
> fax numbers, your full house address and your date of birth
> to enable us discuss further or you call me on my
> mobile-line 234-80-39789377.Your email reply should go
> to(mikeadaeze20@myway.com)
>
>
> I am waiting for your immediate response.
>
> Best Regards,
> Barr. Mike Adaeze (ESQ).
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I’ve done research on the “chi flat iron scam” and I don’t think its a scam. Its just a shoddy product that typically breaks after several months of use. Then once you attempt to get your money back, you can’t unless you’re a salon.
My family went thru 5 CHI in 3 yrs. I purchased all of them from a professional salon. Chi breaks within a few months and you have to pay $35 plus shipping to get one repaired. Their warranty is worthless!
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission just announced a recall of Chi flat irons due to fire and burn hazards:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtm…
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/24…
I have used the chi (it died after a year)
Chi flat irons are breaking, but customers can’t get a refund
The Chi flat Iron seems to be a hit or miss product (mostly miss). I would call a bad product a scam. After all the Chi Flat Iron Works for longer than a year SOMEtimes.
In January 2005, Graham Ernest Gill’s fraud caught up with him. He was involved in a £14m investment scam. The elderly York, England man was wanted in the US for an alleged £14m investment scam.
Graham Ernest Gill, 73, was caught at Madrid airport. He was set up in a sting operation set up by the FBI, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and Interpol.
He was charged with violating Colorado’s crime control laws in which he’d siphoned $28 million in fraud investment schemes. It is now commonly know as the “Graham Ernest Gill Fraud”.
Graham Ernest Gill is now awaiting extradition back to Colorado.
Fraud Funds
The great Graham Ernest Gill Fraud involved taking £175m to create the “Colorado Mint casino” in Black Hawk, which was never built.
“He went to the public, American and European, and promised to pledge his assets as collateral for projects,” Robert Brown, agent for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, said.
Gill was arrested by the authorities after a sting involving the fake delivery of 370,000 euro.
Graham Ernest Gill, has dual British American citizenship. He was arrested in Spain on January 13, 2005.
Alleged investing
scam marred
project’s early days
In 2002, Graham Gill allegedly led a
scam that duped investors out of
millions while pitching the Colorado
Mint casino project and phony
financial guarantees. Here is a list of
the people who were indicted on
fraud charges with Gill, and the list
of key players in the project being
developed now.
THEN:
Graham Gill – charged with
racketeering stemming from
allegations of bribery, wire and
securities fraud, tax evasion and
theft. He fled the country after
hearing about the charges, but was
captured this year. Arraignment is
scheduled for Nov. 4.
Thomas Sassone and Andrew
Mulgrew, both of New York –
indicted on the same charges as Gill,
but acquitted of all charges after a
Colorado jury decided they had been
duped by Gill.
Linda Lewis of Arizona and Charles
Scarboro of Monument – pleaded
guilty to misdemeanors and received
probation.
Edmund Curriden of San Diego –
pleaded guilty to commercial bribery
and received 6 months’
unsupervised probation.
NOW:
Sherwood Weiser, CEO, Continental
Hospitality Holdings LLC
Donald Lefton, vice chairman,
Continental Hospitality Holdings LLC
Steve Boulter, CEO, Black Bear
Gaming
*Anybody receive this?*
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I have a new email address!You can now email me at: revsistermaryjoseph3@yahoo.com
– DEAR FRIEND,GOOD DAY,I’ M REVEREND SISTER MARY JOSEPH FROM ST.JUDE CATHOLIC CHURCH LONDON ENGLAND.IT’S VERY PATHETIC THAT WE LOST REV.FATHER JOE-BONO OF ST.JUDE CATHOLIC CHURCH LONDON ENGLAND.LATE REV.FATHER JOE-BONO IS AN AMERICAN AND ALSO AN ORPHAN BUT NATIONALISED HERE IN ST.JUDE CATHOLIC CHURCH LONDON ENGLAND.LATE REV.FATHER JOE-BONO DIED ON 5TH SEPTEMBER 2007 AND BEFORE HE DIED,HE MADE A WILL.I’ M GLAD TO INFORM YOU THAT LATE REV.FATHER JOE-BONO MADE YOU THE BENEFICIARY OF HIS WILL A SUM OF {300,000.00 three hundred thousand pounds} THROUGH YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS.YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING HOW LATE REV.FATHER JOE-BONO MADE YOU THE BENEFICIARY OF HIS WILL.LATE REV.FATHER JOE-BONO MADE A RANDOM SAMPLING OF THREE PEOPLE E-MAIL ADDRESSES BY THE HELP OF MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL FIRM AND AMONG THE THREE PEOPLE E-MAIL ADDRESSES,YOURS CAME OUT AS A DRAW AND THIS IS HOW LATE REV.FATHER JOE-BONO MADE YOU THE BENEFICIARY OF HIS WILL.FORWARD THE DETAILS BELOW TO ME SO THAT I CAN FORWARD IT TO THE BARCLAYS BANK PLC LONDON UK FOR THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS.1,FULL NAME.2,CONTACT ADDRESS.3,COUNTRY.4,AGE AND OCCUPATION.5,PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER.I AWAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU TODAY.BEST REGARDSGOD BLESS YOU.REV.SISTER MARY JOSEPH.
*also under dating scams*
BEWARE OF DATING SITE SCAMS. There are a lot of false profiles out on the dating sites. The false ones are typically free member parasites and not usually paying members. Many of the false profiles are harmless member stealer’s. They are on there to flirt with you and try and get you to come to some other dating site. But some are trying to steal your heart to get to your money.
ONLINE DATING SCAM TACTICS:
Step 1) Take the Bait
You meet someone on a dating site (Adult Friend Finder, Match, okcupid, etc). This person has posted a picture of themselves and they are gorgeous!
Their profiles says something like:
I am a caring ,loving, honest, respectful and i believe in god and real people to hop to meet meet my real love here
There profile seems perfect. They sounds sweet, loving and caring. Their picture (if they have one) looks incredible. They seem to live pretty close.
What’s really going on? More than likely it is some ugly dude from a third world country who just learned to use a computer. They found a hot picture and posted it on the dating site. They are the exact opposite of what ever they said on their profile: they are uncaring, dishonest and don’t respect anyone… not even themselves.
Step 2) The Out of Country Story
You send them a message. They reply and tell you that they’d rather talk to you on email (usually hotmail or yahoo). They then proceed to tell you that they are currently in another country (Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, England), but they have some sort of connection to the states in your local area. They’ll say they’re relatives are there or they do business their and they’d love to meet you sometime.
What’s really going on? They really are outside of whatever country you are (usually Nigeria, Ghana, West Africa – this is one of the top scams in that region).
Step 3) Relationship Deception
What they do next is get a steady relationship with you. They will send more pictures. They will want to know more about you so they can cater to your ego. They will tell you they love you, tell you how good you look, how great you are. Basically, anything get the relationship going.
What’s really going on? They are lying to you and 20 other people on 5 or 6 different dating sites.
Step 4) A Crisis: they Need Money
There are various lies they may use to get money. They will ask for cash to buy the ticket to come visit you or they will tell you a tragedy has occurred and they need your help maybe even with a promise to pay you back.
What’s really going on? They are attempting to take your money and spend it on bullshit.
Clues to Spot Dating Scams:
– Pictures look too professional. Magazine quality photos should be a dead give away. If they send a series of pics and each one looks like a “model posed” photo shoot, be suspicious.
– BAD GRAMMAR & SPELLING. They are typically not very well educated and it will sometimes come through loud the clear via very choppy English and slight stupid logic. Sometimes it is as bad as a 3rd grader (a dumb 3rd grader).
– Western Africa. Be suspicious of ANYTHING from from Ghana, Mali and especially Nigeria.
– Too much love, too fast. They will almost immediately start talking about “I love you”, “I miss you” – don’t be flattered… they don’t love you… trust me.
Disclaimer: Miracles do happen. Maybe you’ve just met a West African supermodel, with bad grammar, who has fallen madly in love with you in the course of two or three emails.
Conclusion:
I’ve dealt with these scammers on ebay, email, dating sites and in chat rooms and one thing I’ve noticed is that they are actually not very smart. They are just ruthless. They take advantage of people’s trust, kindness and generosity. They are not so much predators as they are parasites that jump from host to host. They feed on the infrastructure and wealth of Western Civilization and have nothing at all to contribute to humanity but ignorance and greed. The sad thing is that these few greedy, idiots are giving ALL West Africans a bad name on the Web and these nations (particularly Ghana & Nigeria) are among the richest nations in Africa with the greatest potential of having great success in any and all endeavors. Its a real shame.
Richest African Countries 2006: GDP Per Country
1. South Africa … $606.4 billion in international$ (up 8% from 2005)
2. Algeria … $262.2 billion (up 8.5%)
3. Nigeria … $181.8 billion (up 10.2%)
4. Morocco … $150.8 billion (up 4.8%)
5. Sudan … $98.8 billion (up 11.2%)
6. Tunisia … $91.4 billion (up 7.4%)
7. Ethiopia … $78.4 billion (up 12%)
8. Ghana … $59.4 billion (up 9.1%)
> Subject: UNITED NATION ORDERED FOR YOUR COMPENSATION
> From: info.network4@aliceadsl.fr
>
> UNITED NATION ORGANISATION
> COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RE PAYMENT
> (RESOLUTION PANEL ON THE IMAGE REDEMPTION OF THE AFRICAN COUNTRIES,INSTRUCTED BY USA GOVERNMENT
> Our Ref: USG /GAO/STB Your ref:
>
> Hello Dear
>
> We, the entire members of the United Nations Organisation (UNO), on behalf of the United Nation President Hon H.E.
Srgjan Kerim and USA Government, Under the auspices of the civilian Head of State, President George W Bush and the
President of Nigeria President Umoru Yaradua and the Governor of Central Bank Of Nigeria , Prof Charles Soludo, held a
meeting last week concerning the payment of all people that have fallen victim to the dubious/fraudulent /scammers
and impostors parading themselves as head of Government, finance houses or banks and other institutions like telling
people that they have won lottery which they did not won,etc. Primarily, this panel has resolved to pay out
compensation benefits of Nine Hundred and fifty Thousand United States Dollars (US$ 950,000) to all victims that
has fallen prey to this group of fraudsters.AS UNITED NATION has instructed Nigeria Government.
>
> For this reason, Nigeria Government have arrested some group of people that are involve in this bad act.
>
> Your name, email address and contact details was observed to be one of their victims.
>
> We have opened up a file and ascribe it with the following information; Payment Reference No.-35460021,
Allocation No: 674632 Password No : 339331 , Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No :
103 , Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Telex confirmation No: -1114433 ; Secret Code No: XXTN013.
>
> For the release of your compensation funds by international ATM CARD that you will use to withdraw your
Compensation/inheritance funds in any ATM MACHINE CENTRE any were in the world with a maximum of $5,000
United States Dollars daily. In View of this, you are advised to contact the Director (CBN, IRD, and ATM)
DR.CHIZAM UGBUAH for further information with the following contact details:
>
> Email: atm.cardcenter@ymail.com
>
> And also you are required to provide to him the following information:
>
> 1. Your full name.
> 2. Phone and fax number.
> 3. Address were you want the ATM Card to be sent. (P.O Box not acceptable)
> 4. Your age and current occupation
> 5. Attach copy of your identification.
>
>
> Remember to use your Payment Reference (No.-35460021) as the title of your message.
>
> Therefore, Contact him now and inform him that you received an email from The UNITED NATION,
instructing
you to write him for immediate release of your ATM CARD compensation fund .
>
>
> NOTE: We have mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming call , if we still find
out that you are still dealing with all those fraudsters that have been frustrating our efforts and
defrauding beneficiaries and indigence of America and other countries in the world, We shall stop and cancel your payment immediately .
>
>
> Best Regards
> H.E. Srgjan Kerim,
> President United Nations Organisation General .
> Email address: info.network3@aliceadsl.fr
>