FS - Two CD-R's - Have data on them - some sort of database

tom_e · 21 Nov 2007 at 17:05

Has anyone said weather they were encrypted or not yet? id be pretty surprised if they wernt

Energize · 21 Nov 2007 at 17:08

blitz2163 said:
Has anyone said weather they were encrypted or not yet? id be pretty surprised if they wernt

They weren't. Just password protected.

cheets64 · 21 Nov 2007 at 17:10

I hope that guy gets his door put through by flying squad.

magick · 21 Nov 2007 at 17:13

georges said:
Anyone see the woman defending the government (forgot name) get destroyed on Newsnight last night?

Example(she couldn't answer this, and kept repeating the same things):

How can we trust the government to handle this data when it's happened before?

There were procedures in place, which if they were followed, this would not have happened.

But surely this proves we cannot trust the...

Yes, but the procedures were in place.

She was abysmal as PR.

Yeah I saw that. She also had the nerve to say that this shouldn't effect going forward with ID cards either as the govnerment will learn lessons from this. I don't know how these politicans can keep a straight face sometimes.

Priapus · 21 Nov 2007 at 17:19

So...what could someone who has these discs, do with them?

(Sorry if I'm not very informed on this. I don't know the whole UK system that well. )

MarcLister · 21 Nov 2007 at 17:22

Ice On Fire said:
So...what could someone who has these discs, do with them?

(Sorry if I'm not very informed on this. I don't know the whole UK system that well. )

The second link I posted (BBC News) has lots of other related links. They explain what someone could potentially do with the information.