Man in a Shed: How safe are our children if all the names, ages and addresses get into the public domain ?

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

How safe are our children if all the names, ages and addresses get into the public domain ?

I am still in shock over the now 25 million records that the government has lost control of.

Since they don't know where the records are - they have no idea what use is being made of them.

And since they aren't even making any noises about encryption I assume they made the unforgivable mistake of sending such data unencrypted.

Now what of the safety of our children ? What is to stop this information being used to target them or worse ?

Frankly the thought is frightening. This could be the worse thing the government has ever done since purchasing blood products provided by US prisoners for our haemophiliacs.

This now warrants ministerial resignations...

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