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Something similar happened in Australia last year. Federal Government ministers all have their phone bill summaries released as part of public record with priv

by lysp 9y ago

Something similar happened in Australia last year. Federal Government ministers all have their phone bill summaries released as part of public record with private information removed. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/how-hundreds-of-parliamentary-mobile-numbers-were-leaked-online https://www.sbs.com.au/news/how-hundreds-of-parliamentary-mo... The contractor redacted the phone numbers in this instance by changing the font colour to white (same as the background) in the PDFs uploaded to the government disclosure website. So if you exported to text, or highlighted text, the phone numbers were clearly visible. So most federal members of parliament, the former prime minister (Australia's equivalent of president) and opposition leader all had their numbers leaked.

logicallee 9y ago
>Federal Government ministers all have their phone bill summaries released as part of public record with private information removed Why?
- beobab 9y ago
  Because they want a phone line that they can talk to their spouse and children without having to field thousands of calls from well-meaning people who want to wish them a good day?
  - keketi 9y ago
    > who want to wish them a good day I see what you did there.
  - logicallee 9y ago
    Sorry, I should have written >Federal Government ministers all have their phone bill summaries released as part of public record Why?
    - chongli 9y ago
      So that the public knows they aren't making secret phone calls to lobbyists or what have you. The purpose of transparency is always to reduce corruption.
      - vageli 9y ago
        But they redact the phone numbers so how can you do that?
  - stickdogg 9y ago
    Lmao. "Wishing to mean them a good day"? Really?
stickdogg 9y ago
. The large percentage of people are still clueless these days.