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.
Exposing security flaws and embarrassing govt is one thing, but to put un-redacted personal data online is quite another.
Each census form had a unique ID, which is obviously linked to your address as it was sent to you through the post.
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.
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.
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.
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.