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Previously on "WTF - they got the PAF"

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  • Peoplesoft bloke
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    Ah no, this is the insult thread.

    To learn something you should head over to the Malaysia Airlines thread and read my posts there ..

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post
    ..and that's it? That's what gives you the right to poke fun at people for being "typical Oracle database hackers"

    'kin 'ell for a minute I thought I was going to learn something.
    Ah no, this is the insult thread.

    To learn something you should head over to the Malaysia Airlines thread and read my posts there ..

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  • Peoplesoft bloke
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    many a mickle can make a muckle.
    ..and that's it? That's what gives you the right to poke fun at people for being "typical Oracle database hackers"

    'kin 'ell for a minute I thought I was going to learn something.

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post
    The PAF was available to anyone who paid for it before the sell-off so nothing's actually changed.
    True, granted. It's a bit late to worry about the PAF now.

    But I still maintain the general point that when it comes to snippets of data, many a mickle can make a muckle.

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  • Doggy Styles
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    I remember when they used to post big books full of addresses, plus the name and phone number of who lived in every one, through everyone's letterbox.

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  • Peoplesoft bloke
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    Exactly - It's the synergy of lots of information snippets, each perhaps innocuous and anonymous in themselves, that can allow the bad guys to assemble personal profiles which are more than the sum of their parts, especially when combined with physical observation.

    But I suppose your typical Oracle database hacker can't be expected to understand that.
    I see, so using the PAF file, information from the Land Registry and er....hanging about outside my house is going to lead to a massive increase in identity theft?

    The PAF was available to anyone who paid for it before the sell-off so nothing's actually changed.

    As for your attempt to insult me about Oracle DBs - it's way off the mark for a number a reasons, including my lack of anything but the most rudimentary database skills.

    Please enlighten me about why you think the sell-off has made one iota of difference to the potential for misuse of the PAF. I am willing to accept I am a cretin in this area if it helps - but unless you have my name and address already - what help is the PAF to stealing my identity?
    Last edited by Peoplesoft bloke; 18 March 2014, 14:22.

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
    But as they're also looking at selling off the Land Registry to private enterprise as well, then the combination of the two is quite powerful...
    Exactly - It's the synergy of lots of information snippets, each perhaps innocuous and anonymous in themselves, that can allow the bad guys to assemble personal profiles which are more than the sum of their parts, especially when combined with physical observation.

    But I suppose your typical Oracle database hacker can't be expected to understand that.

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  • darmstadt
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    Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post
    It doesn't contain any personal data. It is just a list of addresses.
    But as they're also looking at selling off the Land Registry to private enterprise as well, then the combination of the two is quite powerful...

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post
    Are you being deliberately dense for effect?
    Being the humourless obnoxious person you are, you must find it terribly hard to tell. But I'm not.

    It's the equivalent of a list of possible dates when people could have been born - that's it.
    It's equivalent to meeting a stranger, or following them around, and knowing their birthday.

    The postcode data isn't _just_ an anonymised list in some database. It relates to physical places, which can be driven past and loitered near, and their address (besides the postcode) obtained from house names or number and street name.

    Don't mistake the chart for the terrain.

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  • Peoplesoft bloke
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    You could say the same about dates of birth, but it all erodes anonymity and makes it that much easier to pinch peoples' identities and send junk mail.
    Are you being deliberately dense for effect? It's the equivalent of a list of possible dates when people could have been born - that's it. There is no personal data in the PAF.

    Edited to add for the hard of thinking -

    From PAF programmers guide
    You won’t find the names of private individuals on PAF®, except in instances where they’re the only method of
    identifying a Delivery Point. Any surnames on PAF® will be in brackets (-) in the Building or Sub Building Name
    fields.
    Last edited by Peoplesoft bloke; 18 March 2014, 12:00.

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  • eek
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    Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post
    It doesn't contain any personal data. It is just a list of addresses structured to reflect how the post office does deliveries
    FTFY The useful bit is a side effect of the main purpose...

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post
    It doesn't contain any personal data. It is just a list of addresses.
    You could say the same about dates of birth, but it all erodes anonymity and makes it that much easier to pinch peoples' identities and send junk mail.

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  • Peoplesoft bloke
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    It's a database which is covered by EU database rights.
    It doesn't contain any personal data. It is just a list of addresses.

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    This could go nuclear.

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  • AtW
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    I'd be more worried if they had gotten RAF as part of the deal.

    HTH

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