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  1. Think Free and Fair says:
    04/11/2012 at 09:46

    Hi Gintai,

    I just read on TRE about your departure from blogosphere. Those who read Singapore blogs will know that you are among the more articulate bloggers here. Unlike most socio-commentators, you have chosen to reveal your real identity. 明人不做暗事. It is honorable of you to do so and I definitely respect it.

    If your departure is somehow related to your identity being out in the open, you may consider assuming an anonymous identity to make responsible comments as if your real identity is known.

    I enjoy your online commentary. By the way, do you have an email address? I cannot find it on your blog. If it is private and you do not wish to reveal it, would you mind exchanging email with me? I have entered my email in your form. Thank you.

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  2. hermes says:
    05/01/2013 at 10:46

    I do not see a place to reply on your CISCO scandal post, so I am doing it here. I hope you move this.

    I was shocked and disturbed to read the news. Why? Because I am a customer of CISCO! Co-incidentally, I am returning to Singapore to place some more items in my box there. But just earlier today I read some financial assessment news about Singapore that suggests that Hong Kong is actual a better choice for western expats in Asia. When I told a friend that I trust private companies more than banks he cautioned me, suggesting that safety boxes can be broken in to as an INSIDE job. Here is why I do as a precaution:

    1. Divide up my portable hard assets in several nations.
    2. Keep a log, and make a photocopy when I depart. Memory can do tricks.

    I was impressed by the gun-toting Tamil female guards, the security precautions (have to shoew passport), etc. Now I am not so sure. Surely, two keys are needed to get at the box, as a previous poster has remarked. But it must be that there is a master key because should one lose both one’s keys for a fee they can be replaced. So, I can only think of 3-4 possible explanations…

    1. The customers who have complained are factually incorrect (they either remembered incorrectly or lied, or some combination of the two)
    2. Someone in management is dishonest (presumably regular employees would not have access to master keys)
    3. There is a major security weakness at CISCO

    What I want to know is did these persons claiming to have items go missing (and in one case reappear!), did they keep a log of contents? Did anyone else have access to the box? Often times family is more of a risk than strangers. What is the current status of the complaints?

    I once was a publisher, and when an incident occurred that compromised my customers’ privacy, I officially announced it to them all. I lost some of them as a result. But I didn’t try to hide what happened.

    I have lost faith in CISCO based on this post. And if indeed internal lock boxes are not possible I will either insist on using my own box or closing my account.

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