Snip from news report:
Office staff are hacking into the department's computers, putting at risk the privacy of 40million people in Britain. The revelation undermines Government claims that sensitive information being collected for its controversial ID Cards scheme could not fall into criminal hands.
Nicked from Bruce Sterling, who observes:
Okay, let's imagine you're, like, Mr Humble Government Clerk punter bedsit Weetabix-eater guy, and in front of you, every day, is the Brand New British Gigantic SuperAntiTerror ID Consolidated Database. If you're, like, Miss Moneypenny or something, maybe you're so rigidly disciplined that you never peek. But wouldn't you — just as job one — check out YOUR OWN entry in the giant Satanic Mill database? And after that, wouldn't you do Enid, in the cubicle down the hall? I mean, how could you not?
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Reader comment: Blake says,
You may already be aware, but a very similar thing happened in Australia last week. (Link to story). About 20 Goverment Employment Office staff were sacked and around a 100 others resigned after they were found to be searching through the database illegally.
