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Word: backups (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...White House, those running the NSC computer -- unbeknownst to North and his colleagues -- were keeping backup tapes of each file in the system, a routine practice. These backups, which are typically made on a daily or weekly basis, included copies of files containing the private notes of every NSC officer with a password. In response to requests from the Tower commission, White House Communications Agency programmers searched their storage tapes for NSC memos and eventually turned over a stack of printouts nearly 4 ft. high. Explains Donn Parker, a computer security specialist at SRI International: "It is so ingrained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Can A System Keep a Secret? | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

Unfortunately, computer users have little in the way of legal protection from such invasions of privacy, especially when they are working on a company- owned system. Recent court actions provide plenty of examples. In one case, the Government used computer backup tapes obtained by the FBI to help prove that a Pratt & Whitney employee was selling sensitive pricing data to a competitor. Lawyers for the employee argued that the FBI had violated his Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable search by seizing messages from a storage device that constituted his personal "electronic file cabinet." The appeals court disagreed, saying that since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Can A System Keep a Secret? | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

...apply to those using public communications networks like the Source and CompuServe. The Electronic Communication Privacy Act, signed into law last fall, makes it a felony to intercept private messages sent through the networks and stipulates that law- enforcement officials must obtain a search warrant in order to examine backup copies stored in their computers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Can A System Keep a Secret? | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

...chromosome, females (who are born with two Xs, one inherited from each parent) are less often affected by the syndrome; their normal X chromosome can mask the effects of the faulty one. But males, who have one X and one Y sex chromosome, have no such backup and are therefore more susceptible. Still, for reasons that baffle scientists, not all females are protected, and some males are spared. "About 20% of males who inherit the gene are unaffected carriers, and about a third of all females who are carriers are affected," says Pediatrician Randi Hagerman, of Children's Hospital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Tracing Fragile X Syndrome | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

...they briefly were lovers. Their eight-year affiliation was productive and destructive; they were two strong wills making success possible and life miserable. "Aaron began booking me into theaters," Bette says, "and lo and behold, I was a big success. For our first full revue, we had our backup trio, the Harlettes, and a great band and girls in tap-dancing clothes and the jukebox and the mannequins and King Kong. It just blew me away!" Bette was a Broadway star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bette Midler Steals Hollywood | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

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