iPods Not Only Illegal, but Should Be Banned

As if the way Congress could be make the iPod illegal under the INDUCE Act isn't bad enough, now a Gartner analyst thinks iPods are a security risk:

Small portable storage products can bypass perimeter defences like firewalls and antivirus at the mailserver, and introduce malware such as Trojans or viruses onto company networks, claimed analyst Gartner in a report issued this week.

Aren't laptops, floppy disks and CD burners just as risky? I pity anyone who has to work in an iPod-free environment. But then again, this is coming from an analyst. Who listens to analysts?

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