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Title: Head of UK's MI6 bares body on Facebook
Post by: Phillip V on July 06, 2009, 01:39:58 AM
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/06/world/europe/06britain.html

Diplomat and spy:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgraphics8.nytimes.com%2Fimages%2F2009%2F07%2F06%2Fworld%2F06britain.1901.jpg&hash=cb0658ea13cbf4ca13b677ed871bce9a1f6f0fe8)
Title: Re: Head of UK's MI6 bares body on Facebook
Post by: HisMajestyBOB on July 06, 2009, 01:44:24 AM
1. This is why you should always restrict who can view your profile in Facebook.
2. I hope this doesn't become a big deal. So he has his vacation photos online, and surprise!, he's not wearing a shirt at the beach. So what?
Title: Re: Head of UK's MI6 bares body on Facebook
Post by: Phillip V on July 06, 2009, 01:57:59 AM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on July 06, 2009, 01:44:24 AM
1. This is why you should always restrict who can view your profile in Facebook.
2. I hope this doesn't become a big deal. So he has his vacation photos online, and surprise!, he's not wearing a shirt at the beach. So what?
People might get horny.
Title: Re: Head of UK's MI6 bares body on Facebook
Post by: Martinus on July 06, 2009, 03:07:30 AM
I haven't read the article, but I sincerely hope the furore is about security, not about him being shirtless.
Title: Re: Head of UK's MI6 bares body on Facebook
Post by: Tamas on July 06, 2009, 03:09:24 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 06, 2009, 03:07:30 AM
I haven't read the article, but I sincerely hope the furore is about security, not about him being shirtless.

I think its that his wife flooded her Facebook account with addresses, not just theirs but which school their kids attend etc.
Title: Re: Head of UK's MI6 bares body on Facebook
Post by: DisturbedPervert on July 06, 2009, 03:27:00 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 06, 2009, 03:07:30 AM
I haven't read the article, but I sincerely hope the furore is about security, not about him being shirtless.

Definite security breach, now everyone knows their spies don't look like James Bond.
Title: Re: Head of UK's MI6 bares body on Facebook
Post by: Josquius on July 06, 2009, 06:48:23 AM
Quote from: Tamas on July 06, 2009, 03:09:24 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 06, 2009, 03:07:30 AM
I haven't read the article, but I sincerely hope the furore is about security, not about him being shirtless.

I think its that his wife flooded her Facebook account with addresses, not just theirs but which school their kids attend etc.
Indeed, read another article on it elsewhere. Its his wife's fault.
The main security breach was in her giving her address and the names and school of the kids. Stupid behaviour for anyone let alone the wife of the MI6 head.
Title: Re: Head of UK's MI6 bares body on Facebook
Post by: Ed Anger on July 06, 2009, 06:52:43 AM
Whoa, the pale burned my eyes out.
Title: Re: Head of UK's MI6 bares body on Facebook
Post by: saskganesh on July 06, 2009, 09:10:21 AM
... spies should come out of the cold and get more sun?
Title: Re: Head of UK's MI6 bares body on Facebook
Post by: HisMajestyBOB on July 06, 2009, 09:14:01 AM
Out of curiousity, could you look up the MI6 head's home address in the phonebook? Or does he go unlisted once appointed?
Title: Re: Head of UK's MI6 bares body on Facebook
Post by: alfred russel on July 06, 2009, 09:14:42 AM
Is the MI6 so much different from the CIA that seeing a picture of its leader is a security breach? I doubt the divulging of the address and a topless pick of Leon Panetta would endanger anything other than my effort to keep down breakfast.
Title: Re: Head of UK's MI6 bares body on Facebook
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on July 06, 2009, 09:20:50 AM
I'd say it is completely irrelevant. I have no doubt that those who wanted to know knew already.

Title: Re: Head of UK's MI6 bares body on Facebook
Post by: DGuller on July 06, 2009, 09:23:27 AM
Quote from: alfred russel on July 06, 2009, 09:14:42 AM
Is the MI6 so much different from the CIA that seeing a picture of its leader is a security breach? I doubt the divulging of the address and a topless pick of Leon Panetta would endanger anything other than my effort to keep down breakfast.
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