Re: [compute] Re: [d@DCC] Census sense

From: "tOM Trottier" <tOM _-at-_ Abacurial.com>
To: "General Copyright Discussions \qquestions, organizing, etc\"" <discuss (at) list.digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 11:53:47 -0400
References: <445ECB8E.22562.14C2FE3E@tOM.Abacurial.com>

I agree. For Canadians' privacy to be compromised, It looks like there would have to either be 
collusion by someone in statcan, nefarious perpetrators who break in, or a service call by a 
Lockheed Martin rep with a mission. 

But of course, we know the love and respect that Americans have for Canuckistan.

tOM

On Monday, May 08, 2006 at 2:58,
Nathaniel Olsen <discuss@list.digital-copyright.ca> wrote:

> The question isn't whether they designed the lock, but whether that safe  
> is in our house or theirs.  It's about access to the safe, not ability to  
> crack the safe.  So do they have access to the data, or just the design of  
> the safe?  I'm not familiar enough with the setup here to know honestly.
> 
> On Mon, 08 May 2006 02:39:42 -0600, tOM Trottier <tOM@Abacurial.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Sunday, May 07, 2006 at 18:04,
> > Nathaniel Olsen <discuss@list.digital-copyright.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> Well if they don't actually have access to our personal data, then
> >> security of personal data is a non-issue.
> >
> > Well, we haven't given Lockheed Martin the key, but if they designed and  
> > manufactured the
> > lock?...
> >
> >> The lack of audit of the software is an issue of course, not more so  
> >> than
> >> any other proprietary software, but definitely an issue.
> >> Whether the software has access to your computer is only a part of the
> >> lack of audit.  The method of inducing access is not relevant to the
> >> actual software.  This is an issue in any online census.
> >>
> >> So the real problems are A: forces people to use Microsoft, which
> >> essentially gives Microsoft a state monopoly.
> >> B: software that is being deployed widely by the government needs to be
> >> checked for security intensely.
> >>
> >> Is that about right?  Are there any logical flaws in either of those two
> >> problems?
> >
> > Largely.
> >
> > tOM
> 
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