>Don't underestimate the absolutely jaw-dropping incompetence from even senior "tech" folks employed by governments.
When I was in training with the RCAF, I was in lecture where the Information Systems Security Officer (i.e. the senior most infosec person at this base of 6-8000 people) told us about a time where "two guys were emailing back and forth and just picked up a virus".
I made the mistake of pointing out that that's not really how computers work, i.e. an email can't just pick up a virus in transit like a dog picks up a tick.
When I was in training with the RCAF, I was in lecture where the Information Systems Security Officer (i.e. the senior most infosec person at this base of 6-8000 people) told us about a time where "two guys were emailing back and forth and just picked up a virus".
I made the mistake of pointing out that that's not really how computers work, i.e. an email can't just pick up a virus in transit like a dog picks up a tick.
I learned two lessons that day:
1. Militaries don't like it when people stand out
2. Governments are fundamentally incompetent