Craig Burton

Disable File Sharing: Gartner: "

Research firm Gartner is advising organizations to disable file sharing in the new desktop software from Google, Desktop 3 Beta. The Search Across Computers feature allows users on a network to share files by storing index copies of files on the Google server for 30 days. Gartner says that employees are often careless in marking those files that should be shared, and those that are subject to regulatory and security restrictions and hence cannot be shared. Biz Intelligence Pipeline reports:

"Organizations using the enterprise edition should immediately disable the feature," Gartner analyst Whit Andrews said in the posting. "They must also evaluate what they are allowing be indexed, and whether they are comfortable that they can adequately bar the sharing of data with Google's servers."

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That's right, and build a 2000 mile fence on the border of Mexico. Protectionism is the American, Internet way.