http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20120305_6368.php By Bob Brewin Nextgov 03/05/2012 The Navy's premier institution for developing senior strategic and operational leaders started issuing students Apple iPad tablet computers equipped with GoodReader software in August 2010, unaware that the mobile app was developed and maintained by a Russian company, Good.iWare, until Nextgov reported it in February. John Roberts, who runs the iPad pilot project at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I., said he did not check the provenance of GoodReader when he decided to use the software application, a fact that "does not put me in the best possible light," he told Nextgov. The Naval War College evaluated six PDF reader applications and chose GoodReader because of "its look and feel, capability and the fact that it was highly rated in the Apple app store," Roberts said. This, he added, should not be considered an official endorsement of GoodReader. Asked if he might have chosen another PDF reader app if he knew GoodReader was developed in Russia, Roberts said he might have had second thoughts. The course material loaded onto iPads at the school is far different from mission-critical software used by the Air Force Special Operations Command, which planned to use GoodReader to provide mission security and read digital navigation charts, until it canceled its iPad buy last month. [...] ______________________________________________________________________________ Certified Ethical Hacker and CISSP training with Expanding Security gives the best training and support. Get a free live class invite weekly. Best program, best price. http://www.ExpandingSecurity.com/PainPillReceived on Mon Mar 05 2012 - 22:07:01 PST
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