Comments on: F**kwits http://www.edparsons.com/2007/11/fkwits/ The blog of Ed Parsons, Geographer. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:11:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Justin http://www.edparsons.com/2007/11/fkwits/#comment-1132 Justin Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:37:04 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=578#comment-1132 How many times have we asked the Ordnance Survey NOT to send £4,000,000 of OS MasterMap data on DVD/CD's by post? ;) because they can't seem to send it securely and electronically even if they advertise they can! Thank god for change only updates now (still on DVD though!) How many times have we asked the Ordnance Survey NOT to send £4,000,000 of OS MasterMap data on DVD/CD’s by post? ;) because they can’t seem to send it securely and electronically even if they advertise they can! Thank god for change only updates now (still on DVD though!)

]]> By: Muki Haklay http://www.edparsons.com/2007/11/fkwits/#comment-1133 Muki Haklay Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:39:28 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=578#comment-1133 Maybe the person who done that was surfing the webste 'Free Our Data: Make taxpayers' data available to them' and decided to do something about it?!? Maybe the person who done that was surfing the webste ‘Free Our Data: Make taxpayers’ data available to them’ and decided to do something about it?!?

]]> By: Duncan Garrattt http://www.edparsons.com/2007/11/fkwits/#comment-1131 Duncan Garrattt Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:29:40 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=578#comment-1131 This security breach raises serious questions about the proposed biometric ID card scheme and how safe is it? A bank account number, pin number, password or credit card number can all be changed but the minutea of a fingerprint or Iris if compromised cannot be changed. Therefore the individual’s proof of identity could be compromised for life! Equally a fingerprint scanner is not fool proof. Myth Busters showed how a fingerprint could be lifted from a glass or other object and transposed onto ballistic gel or similar that can then be read by a fingerprint scanner. Read all about it at http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2006/08/episode_59_crimes_and_mythdeme.html It would not surprise me when the biometric ID card scheme comes into operation that kits will be on sale via the Internet. Just think as well as skimming your credit card in a restaurant they will also be able to lift your fingerprints and therefore your biometric data from the wine glass! Ah but they say the data is encrypted yes it is, but any cryptanalyst will tell you repetition is very bad news! Are they then going to change the encryption key and salt value every time your new ID card is read? No I rest my case! This security breach raises serious questions about the proposed biometric ID card scheme and how safe is it? A bank account number, pin number, password or credit card number can all be changed but the minutea of a fingerprint or Iris if compromised cannot be changed. Therefore the individual’s proof of identity could be compromised for life!

Equally a fingerprint scanner is not fool proof. Myth Busters showed how a fingerprint could be lifted from a glass or other object and transposed onto ballistic gel or similar that can then be read by a fingerprint scanner.

Read all about it at
http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2006/08/episode_59_crimes_and_mythdeme.html

It would not surprise me when the biometric ID card scheme comes into operation that kits will be on sale via the Internet. Just think as well as skimming your credit card in a restaurant they will also be able to lift your fingerprints and therefore your biometric data from the wine glass! Ah but they say the data is encrypted yes it is, but any cryptanalyst will tell you repetition is very bad news! Are they then going to change the encryption key and salt value every time your new ID card is read? No I rest my case!

]]> By: Bull_UK http://www.edparsons.com/2007/11/fkwits/#comment-1129 Bull_UK Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:40:25 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=578#comment-1129 Another reason not to give your bank detais to the government, personally I never do. Also if all this data is so easily available to all government departments why oh why do they so easily make mistakes and then expet you to pay them back if they do (how am I supposed to know if they have overpaid me or not), and why do I have to fill in one hundred page forms for every benefit department when they share data? Another reason not to give your bank detais to the government, personally I never do.

Also if all this data is so easily available to all government departments why oh why do they so easily make mistakes and then expet you to pay them back if they do (how am I supposed to know if they have overpaid me or not), and why do I have to fill in one hundred page forms for every benefit department when they share data?

]]> By: Tony Battle http://www.edparsons.com/2007/11/fkwits/#comment-1128 Tony Battle Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:56:12 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=578#comment-1128 "A gap's opened up between what we're told about data protection and the reality" BBC political editor Nick Robinson “A gap’s opened up between what we’re told about data protection and the reality”

BBC political editor Nick Robinson

]]> By: Daniel http://www.edparsons.com/2007/11/fkwits/#comment-1127 Daniel Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:54:08 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=578#comment-1127 The irony here for me, Ed, is in having the feeling toward a distinct probability, that the entire former Monty Python cast had jumped up just as you did while watching the tele -- with similar verbage, and with similar mannerisms. It's in this feeling, and toward this probability, that I take comfort. The irony here for me, Ed, is in having the feeling toward a distinct probability, that the entire former Monty Python cast had jumped up just as you did while watching the tele — with similar verbage, and with similar mannerisms.

It’s in this feeling, and toward this probability, that I take comfort.

]]> By: Tony Battle http://www.edparsons.com/2007/11/fkwits/#comment-1126 Tony Battle Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:52:19 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=578#comment-1126 Can someone call Aneka Rice? Can someone call Aneka Rice?

]]> By: Duncan Garratt http://www.edparsons.com/2007/11/fkwits/#comment-1134 Duncan Garratt Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:27:11 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=578#comment-1134 Just think what a great postcode gazette this data would make. It would be far superior to the OS or PAF data. Name Addresses, Bank Details etc. Wow the mind boggles I could even publish it on a Google Map! Just think what a great postcode gazette this data would make. It would be far superior to the OS or PAF data. Name Addresses, Bank Details etc. Wow the mind boggles I could even publish it on a Google Map!

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