Life After Whistleblowing for High-Tech Whistleblowers
Posted 10/9/14
By Marlene Koury
Can high-tech whistleblowers have a career after blowing the whistle? Yes, according to a new article in Computerworld magazine, but with some caveats. High-tech whistleblowers are increasingly in the spotlight, with Snowden, Manning and others making headlines for exposing serious concerns relating to privacy, data collection and security. But it's not just data protection and privacy issues that...
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