Playing Games with Information

I am in an odd daze at the moment, even 24 hours later when we (the British public) were informed that our government had allowed the mislaying of vital and sensitive information (including names, dates of birth, parent names, names of children, national insurance numbers and bank account details) of every family/person receiving child benefit in the UK.

No excuse, no reason can be offered, no satisfactory resolution can come from this.

The information was held on 2 computer discs and was sent by an internal courier to another department. The package never arrived.

Vigilence. If you werent vigilent before yesterday, you damn well ought to be. Not just of spammers, and fraudulent bank activity and dodgy emails from your bank. But you had better start be more vigilent about your personal information, about who you trust in the government.

By a twist of fate, this data might have been your personal tax records, it could (with the intention of introducing National Identity Cards) have included biometric data. The list and possibilities are endless and are the nightmare of an Orwellian future, mixed with a Cyberpunk ethos. "Data doesnt want to be hidden, it wants to be free."

I feel forpete_darby seeing he has kids too!