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I've always been curious what happens if your records get hacked or accidentally lost/changed. How do you allow people to correct problems here without leaving
by seanwilson 10y ago
I've always been curious what happens if your records get hacked or accidentally lost/changed. How do you allow people to correct problems here without leaving it open to exploits?
I'm guessing you're asked to prove who you are with data from lots of different departments (e.g. employers, passport office, bank)?
- rwmj 10y agoSorry to link to vice.com, but this article about the US "dead people database" was quite interesting. The database (predictably) gets things wrong occasionally because people mistype an SSN or whatever, and when that happens to you it seems to be very difficult to fix it: http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/how-living-people-are-wrongfully-pronounced-dead http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/how-living-people-are-wrongfu...
- tastythrowaway2 10y agowhat's wrong with linking vice as a source?
- rwmj 10y agoWell I was reading it, so I suppose I don't think it's that bad :-( However it is generally lightweight "yoof" nonsense.
- CPLX 10y agoVice is arguably the most ambitious and credible investigatory broadcast news organization on the planet these days, save perhaps the BBC.
- ihsw 10y agoIt also opens itself up to peddling tripe for talentless hacks that have no business reporting the news much less writing tacky blog posts. Some of Vice is ambitious and credible, I was a huge fan of their Ukrainian Conflict investigative coverage and watched it regularly, but like I said Vice does peddle tripe.
- jknoepfler 10y agoTo be fair, tripe packaged clearly as "tripe" is fine, and has a place in my kitchen.
- ihsw 10y agoThis is an excellent point.