Mr. Money Mustache is a the father of the early retirement community, checking out of the office for the last time at age 30 after a career in IT. He is still living the good life.
I fully relate as a business owner. Technology makes it easier than ever to stay plugged in and it costs quality of life and by some research years of life.
I resisted the smart phone and linked email for a long time. Once it finally invaded life changed. Just this morning a client lost her legal documents and needs a copy from me. It is so hard to stay away. Slowly I am learning to push away from the table and walk. It isn't always that easy.
But the ANA was folding so fast according to news reports. Maybe there was no way to prevent biometric equipment from falling into the Talban's hands. I guess my hope is that there were better solutions that didn't hurt us.
I'm actually surprised at the response to my comment. I think I'm not expressing myself clearly. My thoughts keep wandering to what could have been done and the costs of the Taliban possessing advanced technology. Sorry for the Pollyanna mindset here.
Those are valid points: Is it too expensive to get technology out? Or is it even possible?
If this is the case can't we destroy the equipment so that it can't be repaired or ever used again? My hope is their is a solution that doesn't involve allowing our technology to fall into the wrong hands.
Even as a business owner I feel what the author of this article is saying. I once has an affiliate of my company play the "we're all family" card. And like the author, they used that as a tool to cross the line often and also required (mandatory!) attendance at social events. As you can imagine, it was only time before we were under the bus.
We should never have left valuable material behind. How often has our own money and technology been used against us? We need to learn out lesson and do better. If we planned on leaving we had time to get that type of technology out of there first or destroyed the equipment beyond the point of repair.
Fascinating case study. I wonder if this will cause an expansion of ad servers without cookies for targeting? It would protect privacy while providing a better user experience.