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> the assertion that the data of the whole afghan population is readily accessible seems somewhat exaggerated I don't see where they say that everyone's biomet
by lucb1e 4y ago
> the assertion that the data of the whole afghan population is readily accessible seems somewhat exaggerated
I don't see where they say that everyone's biometrics are supposed to be on a single ebay-purchasable device. To me, it sounds like separate statements:
1. Those devices contain biometrics of various individuals and were left behind as well as being sold online without being wiped as part of decommissioning
2. The entire population was catalogued in general, and I imagine is stored on some servers somewhere (or, for more privacy, in the cloud)
- theCrowing 4y agoI never said that they say that the data is available on a single-ebay purchasable device. You did. I said that the writing insinuates that the data is available at all but there is no certain way of knowing it.
- lucb1e 4y agoI presume that's what the document linked in that sentence (https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/17/068/1706862.pdf https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/17/068/1706862.pdf) is supposed to back up, but I don't read German so I just take "The entire population of Afghanistan was biometrically catalogued" at face value and don't assume they base it on any device when they really have no way of knowing. If I have now understood what you're saying in the second instance.
- theCrowing 4y agoThe document says the bundeswehr did participate in the data collection as part of their EUSAF mandate and that it was close to the entire population. It doesn't say anything about how the database was stored. I wouldn't have said anything if the wording wasn't as absolute at it is in the PR but the part about that all of the data is compromised just because it got collected just stinks.