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Originally Posted by rally
Markus,
Last year an ABS employee together with a a NAB employee were gaoled for stealing and misuse of privileged secure confidential ABS information !
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-1...rading/6324526
So you can say "might", and that is true, but its already been happening and thats only what we know about.
This next dataset provides extreme motive for misuse - they have never had such a treasure trove of valuable personal data before like this and there will surely be those who would be prepared to pay much for it.
After all it cost the ABS nearly 0.5 $billion to collect and collate it.
The vast majority of data thefts are unknown, undiscovered, unable to be quantified and rarely publicly reported . . . after the Census debarcle and all lies and nonsense that the ABS came out with - its pretty clear they arent in the business of full disclosure and transparency - on the contrary - I think on the basis of their proven performance and public statements we can safely distrust anything they do or say as self interest and power are far more powerful motives for them ! |
I agree that the likelihood of a leak is high. But I think at this point in human history we have to recognise that the horse has bolted. There is no secure private information anymore. We live in a post-privacy era. Privacy is simply incompatible with information networks who's main purpose is to distribute information, not restrict it. Authorities have the right to demand that information, but they have no real ability to guarantee that that data will be safe.
But even so, an invasion of privacy is worlds apart from torture and physical/sexual abuse, hence why it's the bigger problem here. Sheesh, even the Nazi's didn't vote for concentration camps, but we did, in full knowledge of what was going on there.
Oops, did I just invoke Godwin's Law? :-)
-Markus