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>That is very sloppy of Russia. Why even bother doing something so dumb? Some old-fashioned generals did not account for the digital footprint that may be left
by ivan_gammel 3y ago
>That is very sloppy of Russia. Why even bother doing something so dumb?
Some old-fashioned generals did not account for the digital footprint that may be left and modern data mining capabilities when they designed it. In fact, that digital footprint may have not existed yet when the entire scheme was designed. When you need to tell everyone doing ID check that this person must not be bothered, you give them plates from some VIP series or a passport with a certain number - it was a common practice in Russia. I'm pretty sure that this has changed in last few years after those investigations and they write the laws and design the databases assuming zero trust (public property registries now hide or obfuscate information about some entries for example).
- cryptonector 3y agoI too can guess that the point of the ID block was for Russian migration controls to more easily understand that "these people are special", but that would be idiotic whether it was done in 1950, in 1970 or in 2020.
- epolanski 3y agoAnd what's the point of Russian border control having them know? They are Russian citizens with a Russian passport, they can enter their country without issues.
- cryptonector 3y agoI know right? What tremendous foolishness. It's incredible, as in just not believable.
- dralley 3y agoNot any more unbelievable than the sloppiness behind the attempted assassinations of Navalny, Skripal or the successful assassination of Litivenko