Comments:UK government loses personal information of 25 million people
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Don't think I would want these families information if they are on government assistance!!
- Glad to hear you don't want to steal from them because you think they are poor! However perhaps the article is not clear for non-uk readers. All families with children in the UK, rich and poor are on the database as it is a non-means tested benefit, effectively just a negative tax for parents.Billlion 12:42, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
TNT edit
Shouldn't thier contract be reviewed? Loosing something this important on what they knew was Govt data is a fairly serious matter, I wonder if the Royal Mail (which used to handle this sort of things) would have treated such items so casually? 62.56.76.71 17:04, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
It's about time we all realized, that world is changing. If you want to be protected, protect yourself, or live in a cave —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.235.44.146 (talk) 23:28, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
not just a coincidence? edit
3 major losses of data since last month can't just be coincidence can it? sounds like someone might be targeting this information. Wikidsoup 20:38, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
Encryption v. password protected. edit
Can anyone explain how the disks, or possibly files, were "password protected" without being encrypted? Is it likely that files were created by a database program that just uses weak encryption, or obscurification?Billlion 12:42, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
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mother .. fuckers —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.10.70.180 (talk) 19:52, 20 December 2007 (UTC)