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Originally Posted by AndrewJ
Heard something on this last week, when a census rep came on the ABC radio and tried to explain how "secure" it all was, and how they werent going to keep the names with the data, hence it couldnt be hacked.
( Coffee came out of my nostrils at that point, as an earlier news report had just finished detailing how the "allegedly" Ruskies got all the Democrats email data )
What concerns me is they are simply going to send out letters addressed "To the resident", with a 12 digit code inside.
ie they dont know who gets what code???????????????
You supposedly use this code to set up an account with password and then do the census, including your name and address.
( Old census had this data on the envelope the census was put in, not part of the census itself )
Sooooooooooo,
a) Whats to stop people just logging in via a VPN and trying any old set of nos till they get one?
b) Whats to stop me stealing someone elses letter and filling it out however i like ????
( Amazing how the annoying neighbour could become a "person of interest" )
ie The old census was actually picked up and signed off at the door, so they knew what addresses had or had not complied.
This new mechanism is just set up to be hacked.
Andrew
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One word... "Wikileaks"
... and remember, they cant even stop Chinese hackers doing over the core parliamentary systems !!