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>But the difference seems to be that Sweden's transport agency also handles aircraft and military vehicles using the same database, hence the exposure of secret

by jaclaz 9y ago

>But the difference seems to be that Sweden's transport agency also handles aircraft and military vehicles using the same database, hence the exposure of secret military info? No, according from an article linked to in your reference (via google translate): https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/svenska-stridspiloters-adresser-hotade-i-lackan/ https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u... The "Swedish DMV" is competent also for civil aviation licenses, the risk is that seemingly in the civil pilot license application form there is the information "working in the army as pilot" or something to the same effect. So it is a bit "stretched", but surely with a database where you can find is someone has a civil airplane pilot license, possibly a helicopter one, his/her employer is the Army or Defense, is in the "right" age range, to find "probable military pilots" doesn't seem like very difficult.

danso 9y ago
Ah you're correct. The sensitive military identities that were purportedly revealed are described in the PIA blog post as this: > Names, photos, and home addresses of all operators in the military’s most secret units – equivalent to the SAS or SEAL teams; But the translated story that is linked -- https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcornucopia.cornubot.se%2F2017%2F07%2Fbreaking-transportstyrelsen-lackte.html https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u... -- says this: > In Sweden there is a fairly unknown term called qualified protection identities. Or, if you want, personal data, such as false names. These are issued to special personnel within the police, Säpo and Armed Forces. Thus, in practice, secret operators, including employees of the military intelligence service's top secret office for special retrieval. There is mention of a separate military vehicle registry: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.svt.se%2Fnyheter%2Finrikes%2Fsvt-avslojar-hela-det-militara-fordonsregistret-lamnades-till-utlandet https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u... > SVT has taken note of documents from the Armed Forces which show that data from the Swedish Military Vehicle Register were included in the data that the Transport Agency let technicians abroad who were not security-tested take care of. The Armed Forces now confirm on Friday afternoon to SVT News that parts of the registry are included in the data provided.
- jaclaz 9y ago
  Good, though - I believe - the military registry (for vehicles) is not much an issue (at least not for individual privacy). I mean, in normal "civil" register, you look for a license plate and find who owns the car, or viceversa you look for a name and check whether he/she owns a vehicle and find which one(s), in the "military" registry you look for a plate and find out that the owner is either the Army, the Aviation or the Marine (or similar) and that's it. I guess that the most you can do with the military registry is to get to know how many vehicles per type are registered. The "qualified protection identities" seem much more troublesome, but - I don't of course know anything about that - common sense tells me that they must be very few people, it seems - at least from the translation - like it is an "exceptional" measure, taken or a case by case basis, like for selected Police officer employed in particularly risky undercover operations and some really-really secret-secret service operators.

by jaclaz 9y ago

danso 9y ago

Ah you're correct. The sensitive military identities that were purportedly revealed are described in the PIA blog post as this: > Names, photos, and home addresses of all operators in the military’s most secret units – equivalent to the SAS or SEAL teams; But the translated story that is linked -- https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcornucopia.cornubot.se%2F2017%2F07%2Fbreaking-transportstyrelsen-lackte.html https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u... -- says this: > In Sweden there is a fairly unknown term called qualified protection identities. Or, if you want, personal data, such as false names. These are issued to special personnel within the police, Säpo and Armed Forces. Thus, in practice, secret operators, including employees of the military intelligence service's top secret office for special retrieval. There is mention of a separate military vehicle registry: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.svt.se%2Fnyheter%2Finrikes%2Fsvt-avslojar-hela-det-militara-fordonsregistret-lamnades-till-utlandet https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u... > SVT has taken note of documents from the Armed Forces which show that data from the Swedish Military Vehicle Register were included in the data that the Transport Agency let technicians abroad who were not security-tested take care of. The Armed Forces now confirm on Friday afternoon to SVT News that parts of the registry are included in the data provided.

jaclaz 9y ago
Good, though - I believe - the military registry (for vehicles) is not much an issue (at least not for individual privacy). I mean, in normal "civil" register, you look for a license plate and find who owns the car, or viceversa you look for a name and check whether he/she owns a vehicle and find which one(s), in the "military" registry you look for a plate and find out that the owner is either the Army, the Aviation or the Marine (or similar) and that's it. I guess that the most you can do with the military registry is to get to know how many vehicles per type are registered. The "qualified protection identities" seem much more troublesome, but - I don't of course know anything about that - common sense tells me that they must be very few people, it seems - at least from the translation - like it is an "exceptional" measure, taken or a case by case basis, like for selected Police officer employed in particularly risky undercover operations and some really-really secret-secret service operators.