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They're going to piss a lot of people off if they do this. Like every single UK citizen. Exposing security flaws and embarrassing govt is one thing, but to put
by retube 15y ago
They're going to piss a lot of people off if they do this. Like every single UK citizen.
Exposing security flaws and embarrassing govt is one thing, but to put un-redacted personal data online is quite another.
- drstrangevibes 15y agoer... I dont think they care, its for the Lulz.... apparently :-\
- paradoja 15y agoIf you read the article or the pastebin: We’re keeping them under lock and key though… so don’t worry about your privacy (…until we finish re-formatting them for release) So, given they really arer LulzSec, they are hinting that they won't publish the data un-redacted.
- redthrowaway 15y agoOr they're just literally formatting it for organization and readability. They've released damaging info before on innocent users.
- mike-cardwell 15y agoI filled in the UK census online, but I can't actually remember what compulsory data was requested. Is there a copy of it somewhere?
- xedarius 15y agohttp://www.ons.gov.uk/census/2011-census/2011-census-questionnaire-content/index.html http://www.ons.gov.uk/census/2011-census/2011-census-questio...
- rwmj 15y agoIf this is true (and it seems it's probably not) then the people to get angry with are the UK government and their contractors Lockheed-Martin. WTF are we using a US-based company for anyway?
- estel 15y agoPresumably they put it out for tender and got the best package that they could. Isn't that what we'd expect a Government to do? Tender jobs out to the private sector and choose the provider that offers the best value for money? It's not as if Lockheed Martin are a particularly insecure or untrustworthy company to hold private data.
- chrisjsmith 15y agoLM have a terrible reputation. Google around.
- rlpb 15y agoIs there any Government IT contractor that doesn't have a terrible reputation? Government contracts are a pain to do. Most of the work is in jumping through hoops rather than actually doing the work. Most (all?) competent companies avoid Government work for this reason, making it very difficult to get any Government IT work done well.
- chrisjsmith 15y agoThat is a fair point. I've always thought that the government should have their own IT agency. The NHS would do well to fire all the paid up consultants and commercial software and start a Google-style technology cooperative and share their results to other agencies. The NHS has the biggest IT problem of all and with the right minds on the job we'd have massive progress in the organisation and some serious advances in computer science to boot.
- retube 15y agoWhilst yes the UK govt and/or LM are to be criticised for their lack of security, LulzSec or whoever don't need to actually go post all the data for the world to see. If they want to prove they've done it post re-dected samples. It's childish, self-defeating and insanely irresponsible to publish them.
- iwwr 15y agoSupposedly, census data should be anonymous. This means the records should be anonymized as soon as possible and should not just be stored.
- hobbes 15y agoIt can't be totally anonymous, otherwise there's no way of enforcing the legal requirement to complete it. Each census form had a unique ID, which is obviously linked to your address as it was sent to you through the post.
- iwwr 15y agoThe answers can be hashed in many ways to ensure anonymity.